LANCASTER v. McCARTY

No. 148.

267 U.S. 427 (1925)

LANCASTER ET AL., RECEIVERS OF THE TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY, v. McCARTY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 9, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.D. Gresham and Mr. F.H. Prendergast for plaintiffs in error, submitted.

No brief filed for the defendants in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a suit for damages in the County Court of Eastland County, Texas, by the defendants in error, partners as the Cisco Furniture Company, to recover from the plaintiffs in error, the Receivers of the Texas & Pacific Railway, $198 for injury to two rugs and to three chairs shipped by the Furniture Company from Fort Worth, Texas, over the Railway to Cisco, Texas, and $20 for attorney's fees exacted...

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