Court Opinion

ID: 9833253
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:33:57.285+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:00.933075
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
Appellee seeks a rehearing on the ground that his case is brought clearly within the terms of article 6625, Rev. St. Tex., which makes the purchaser of the property and franchises of a railroad company liable “for loss of and damage to property sustained in the operation of the railroad by the sold-out company, and by any receiver thereof.” In article 6624, the sales are described, under which the purchaser will be liable, and they are “the sale of the property and franchises of a railroad company, whether by virtue of an execution, order of salé, deed of trust, or any other power, or by a receiver acting under judgments heretofore or to be hereafter rendered by any court of competent'jurisdiction.”
The amended petition upon which this . cause was tried does not attempt to show that appellant had purchased the property and franchises of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company in any of the ways named in the statute, the only allegation being that the Missóuri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company “acquired, through a legal and lawful sale, all the lines of railway, properties, and assets of said original corporation, acting under C. A. Schafer, its duly authorized receiver.”
There is no allegation that the receivership was ended, by whom the sale was made, or when or where made, or that any order of a court was made authorizing such sale. There are no allegations that bring the suit within the terms of articles 6624 and 6625, Revised .Statutes of Texas, and there is not one circumstance tending to show the relation borne to the old corporation or its receiver by appellant. If appellant has purchased the properties and franchises' of the ol’d company, how did it obtain the same? This question is not answered in pleading or evidence, and there is nothing to indicate that the receivership has been ended. In order to obtain the benefits of the articles cited, appellee must plead and prove a purchase by appellant from the agencies named in those statutes, and the close of the receivership. It may be stated that a voluntary sale of its property and franchises by a railway company does not seem to be included in .the terms of the two articles.
The court has exercised great clemency towards appellee in not rendering a judgment in favor of appellant, for no case against appellant is shown in allegation or proof.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.