Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Starr
Decision Date | 02 December 1899 |
Citation | 55 S.W. 393 |
Parties | MISSOURI, K. & T. RY. CO. OF TEXAS et al. v. STARR et ux. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from district court, Wood county; J. G. Russell, Judge.
Action by James F. Starr and Clara C. Starr, his wife, against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas and J. W. Carey, to recover the value of timber cut from plaintiffs' lands without their authority or consent. There was a judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. Affirmed.
T. S. Miller, H. M. Cate, and Head, Dillard & Muse, for appellants. Ben. S. Pope and F. H. Prendergast, for appellees.
This case was tried before the court without a jury, upon an agreed state of facts, as follows:
The court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs against both defendants for $408.80, and for this sum and four-sevenths of the costs the railway company was given judgment against its co-defendant, Carey. Of the $408.80...
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