Houston E. & W. T. Ry. Co. v. Lee
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Angelina County Court; J. T. Maroney, Judge. Action by J. K. Lee against the Houston East & West Texas Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMEANS, J.
J. K. Lee sued the appellant, railway company, in the justice court of Angelina county for the value of a mule which was killed on appellant’s railway track by being struck by one of its locomotives operated upon the road, and recovered a judgment for $200.
The railway company appealed the case to the county court of Angelina county, where, upon a trial before the court without a jury, a judgment for a like amount was rendered in favor of appellee. From this judgment the railway company has prosecuted this appeal, and seeks a reversal of the judgment upon three assignments of error, the first…
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