Case Name: TEXAS CENT. R. CO. v. McCALL et al.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1914-04-11
Citations: 166 S.W. 925
Docket Number: No. 600
Parties: TEXAS CENT. R. CO. v. McCALL et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 166
Pages: 925–927

Head Matter:
TEXAS CENT. R. CO. v. McCALL et al.
(No. 600.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Amarillo.
April 11, 1914.
On Motion for Rehearing, May 16, 1914.)
1. Appeal and Error (§§ 215, 263 ) — Questions ReVIEWABLE — INSTRUCTIONS—OBJECTIONS — Waives.
Where no objection was made and no exception taken to a charge, as required by Acts 33d Leg. c. _59,_the giving of the .charge must, as required by Rev. St. 1911, art. 2061, as amended by such act, be regarded as approved, and appellant cannot complain thereof.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. §§ 1309-1314. 1516-1523, 1525-1532; Dec. Dig. §§ 215, 263. )
2. Appeal and Eeeoe (§ 562 ) — Record — Statement op Facts.
Under Rev. St. 1911, arts. 2068, 2070, and district court rules 72-74 (67 S. W. xxv), prescribing the manner of preparing statements of facts, instruments or parts of them bearing on a question presented should be copied into the statement of facts, and the original instruments should not be attached to it.
. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. §§ 2495-2499; Dec. Dig. § 562. ]
3. Estoppel (§ 58 ) — Prejudice to Carrier— Condition Repoet op Shipper.
A carrier not misled nor induced to refrain from doing any act, the performance of which would have placed it in a better condition, cannot rely on estoppel to bind a shipper of live stock to conditioh reports signed by him.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Estoppel, Cent. Dig. §§ 144, 145; Dec. Dig. § 58. ]
4. Evidence (§ 265 ) — Transportation op Live Stock — Condition Reports — Conclusiveness.
Statements in stock condition reports signed by a shipper as an accommodation to the conductor, and without having been read, and only to indicate that the shipment had reached the terminus of the carrier’s line, are not binding on the shipper.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Evidence, Cent. Dig. §§ 1029-1050; Dec. Dig. § 265. J
On Motion for Rehearing.
5. Carriers (§ 177 ) — Carriage op Live Stock — Damages—Liability.
The object of. Rev. St. 1911, art. 1830, subd. 25, providing that, where freight has been damaged in transit over two or more railroads, the damage shall be apportioned among the railroads, is to relieve the shipper of the burden of proving the damage accruing on each line, and the initial carrier is liable for all damage, and an apportionment is necessary only as between the carriers.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Carriers, Cent. Dig. §§ 775-789, 791-803; Dec. Dig. § 177. ]
6. Carriers (§ 218 ) — Carriage op Live Stock — Limitation op Liability — Validity.
A statement in a contract for the shipment of live stock that the condition of the cars and bedding was satisfactory, did not relieve the carrier from liability for failure to properly bed the cars; otherwise the stipulation would limit the common-law liability of the carrier.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Carriers, Cent. Dig. §§ 674-696, 927, 928, 933-949; Dec. Dig. § 218. ]
Appeal from Fisher County Court; L. C. Miller, Judge.
Action by J. S. McCall against the Texas Central Railroad Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant named appeals.
Affirmed.
Spell & Sanford and W. W. Ñaman, all of Waco, and Chas. C. Huff, of Dallas, for appellant. Jno. W. Woods, of Rotan, L. H. Mc-Crea and L. B. Allen, both of Roby, and Douthit & Smith, of Sweetwater, for appellee.
For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am, Dig. Key-No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
HALL, J.
Appellee, McCall, instituted tliis suit against appellant and the Texas Pacific Railway Company to recover damages growing out of a cattle shipment from Rotan, Tex., to Ft. Worth, Tex. It was alleged that on account of negligent handling and the manner in which the ears were bedded by the Texas Central Railroad Company at point of origin, and on account of the negligent delay and the jerking and jarring of the cars in transit over the lines of both companies, plaintiff was damaged in the sum of $840.
The Central Company answered generally, and specially that the plaintiff entered into a written contract with it, by the terms of which he agreed he would be estopped from denying the condition of the bedding, as shown by the condition report signed by himself.
By supplemental petition, plaintiff denied the execution of the condition report, and pleaded further that, if he signed the report, it was done only as an accommodation to the conductor, and without plaintiff's having read the same, and for the purpose only of indicating that such shipment had reached the terminus of said company's line, and for no other purpose, intent, or reason.
The Texas & Pacific Company, by special answer, alleged that the cattle were shipped under a written contract for through carriage; that they received the same from the Texas Central Company at Cisco for transportation to Belt Junction, where the shipment was delivered to the Ft. Worth Railroad Company.
Upon a trial before a jury there was a verdict and judgment in the sum of $250, with interest and costs of suit.
The first assignment of error is predicated upon the third special charge requested by the Texas & Pacific Company and given by the court, referring to the duty resting upon the Texas & Pacific Company in the movement of said shipment on the first regular train passing through Cisco in the direction of Ft. Worth. No objection was made and no exception taken to this action on the part of the court, as required by Acts 83d Leg. c. 59, p. 113, and, under article 2061 of that act, the giving of such charge must be regarded as approved by appellant. Q., A. & P. Ry. Co. v. Galloway, 165 S. W. 546.
The eighth and twelfth assignments, as contained in the motion for new trial, are submitted by appellant together as his second assignment of error, and refer to the condition report, which is signed by appellee, McCall, and which states that the bedding in the cars was good. The statement of facts in this case has attached to it, as exhibits, two condition reports, three bills of lading issued by the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, and three issued by the Texas Central Railway Company, which show to be the original bills upon which the cattle were transported. This method of preparing a statement of facts is not in accordance with rules 72, 73, and 74 of the district court (67 S. W. xxv) and articles 2068 and 2070, R. S. 1911. These papers, or such parts of them as bore upon the questions presented, should have been copied into the statement. The contracts were not attached- as exhibits to the pleadings, and the proper practice in such cases is clearly stated in Byers et al. v. Thacker et al., 42 Tex. Civ. App. 492, 94 S. W. 138/.
We have, however, considered the statement of facts in connection with the assignments, and we find that appellant offered no testimony to prove that by reason of the statement contained in the condition report with reference to the bedding, that it was misled and induced to refrain from doing •any act, the performance of which would have placed it in a better condition, and there is therefore no estoppel.
We think, further, the conditions under which appellee, McCall, signed this report would not have the effect of making the statement binding upon him. M., K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Gober, 125 S. W. 383; Mo. Pac. Ry. Co. v. Ivey, 79 Tex. 444, 15 S. W. 692; Mo. Pac. Ry. Co. v. Fennell, 79 Tex. 448, 15 S. W. 693; St. L. etc., Ry. v. Turner, 1 Tex. Civ. App. 625, 20 S. W. 1008.
The judgment is affirmed.