Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Cocreham
Decision Date | 13 March 1895 |
Citation | 30 S.W. 1118 |
Parties | MISSOURI, K. & T. RY. CO. v. COCREHAM. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Hays county court; B. G. Neighbors, Judge.
Action by D. R. Cocreham against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company for breach of contract of shipment of a car load of mules. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.
The allegations in the complaint as to damages were as follows:
Witness McGehee, who testified as to the market value of the mules at Hearne, their place of destination, on December 26th and 27th, the time the mules should have reached there, testified that
Clarence H. Miller and Fisher & Townes, for appellant. Brown & Pritchett, for appellee.
There was no error in overruling the demurrer to the petition. It set out sufficiently the items of damages.
The charge of the court gave the correct rule as the measure of damages that should govern in this case, and the evidence in the record warrants the charge in...
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