Opinion
No. 6230.
June 18, 1920. Rehearing Denied November 17, 1920.
Appeal from Brown County Court; R. E. Lee, Judge.
Action by B. E. Ratliff against Swift Co., in a justice court, which was appealed and tried in the county court, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.
McCartney, Foster McGee, of Brownwood, for appellant.
Capps, Cantey, Hanger Short, of Ft. Worth, and E. J. Miller, of Brownwood, for appellee.
This case originated in a justice of the peace's court, and was appealed and tried in the county court, the result being a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed.
It is correctly stated in appellant's brief that the question for determination on the appeal is whether 70 hogs, shipped from Brownwood, Tex., to Ft. Worth, Tex., for sale on the market, were "hard" hogs, in which event appellee was entitled, under the contract of sale, to recover from appellant $1.50 per hundredweight, or were properly classed as "soft" or "oily" hogs, in which event appellant had fully paid therefor.
We have carefully considered the statement of facts, and, if it be conceded that the burden of proof rested upon appellee to prove that the hogs were what is known in the market as "hard" hogs, the evidence justified the court in refusing to instruct a verdict for appellant, and in overruling the motion for a new trial.
No error has been shown, and the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.