Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Hill
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Stewart. George A. Hill sued the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company to recover damages for breach of contract.
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Error from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Stewart. George A. Hill sued the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company to recover damages for breach of contract. The petition alleged that the defendant in error made and entered into a contract with the plaintiff by which it agreed to transport and carry from Galveston and other towns along its line of road, to Dallas, excursionists at five dollars for round trip; and that the plaintiff in error violated said contract, to the damage of defendant in error. Verdict rendered for the plaintiff for the sum of two thousand one hundred and…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
This case was before this court upon a former appeal, and is reported in 63 Texas, 381. The nature of the controversy is shown by the opinion there reported.
It appears from the testimony adduced on the last trial, that after appellee had made his contract with appellant’s agent for *53the transportation of the excursionists to Dallas, he issued his -own tickets, each of which entitled the purchaser thereof to receive a round trip ticket to that city over appellant’s road. Appellee (who was plaintiff below) testified that he sold one Levy five hundred of his own tickets…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Houston & T. C. R'y Co. v. HillTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Moore v. AndersonTexas Supreme Court · 1867
- Barrow v. PhilleoTexas Supreme Court · 1855
- Baptiste v. De VolunbrunCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1820
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- Slayden v. PalmoTexas Supreme Court · 1917
- Fraser & Chalmers v. Echo Mining & Smelting Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1894
- Peden Iron & Steel Co. v. JenkinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
- Poindexter v. First State Bank of RichlandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
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