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GULF COL. & S.F. RY. v. DENNIS

No. 203.

224 U.S. 503 (1912)

32 S.Ct. 542

56 L.Ed. 860

GULF, COLORADO & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. v. DENNIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.W. Terry, Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, Mr. A.H. Culwell, Mr. A.B. Browne, Mr. Alexander Britton and Mr. Evans Browne, for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover damages from a railway company for the killing of a cow by one of its trains in Milam County, Texas. The case originated in a justice's court and was carried by appeal to the County Court, where the plaintiff obtained a judgment for $75 as damages and $20 as attorney's fee. The attorney's fee was awarded under a statute of the State (Laws of 1909, c. 47, p. 93) which the company...

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