Case Name: TEXAS & N. O. RY. CO. v. SPENCER
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-04-10
Citations: 210 S.W. 989
Docket Number: No. 2117
Parties: TEXAS & N. O. RY. CO. v. SPENCER.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 210
Pages: 989–990

Head Matter:
TEXAS & N. O. RY. CO. v. SPENCER.
(No. 2117.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Texarkana.
April 10, 1919.)
Cabeiebs <g=s94(3) — Convebsion of Goods— Elements Neoessaey fob Recoveby.
In an action against a railway for conversion of cotton, a judgment for plaintiff cannot stand, where there is no proof that the cotton was ever delivered to the railroad, or any evidence concerning the quality or weight of the cotton.
Appeal from Henderson County Court; J. A. McDonald, Judge.
. Action by J. A. Spencer against the Texas & New Orleans Railway Company. From a judgment' in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
.Reversed and.remanded.
W. R. Bishop, of Athens, and Baker, Botts, Parker & Garwood, of' Houston, for appellant. '
Miller & Miller, of Athens, for appellee.

Opinion:
HODGES, J.
The appellee sued the appellant for the conversion of two bales, of cotton, valued at $148.50. In the amended original petition it was alleged that the cotton was delivered to the defendant railway company for shipment during the month of October, 1915, at Athens, Tex., and was converted by the railway company some time during the'fall or winter of 1915. In a trial before the court a judgment was rendered in favor of the appellee for the amount sued for.
We have examined the evidence carefully, and conclude that it is insufficient to support a finding of liability. There is no proof that the cotton was ever delivered to the appellant, nor is there any evidence concerning the quality or weight of the cotton for which a judgment might have been rendered.
The judgment will therefore be reversed, and the cause remanded.
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