St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. United States Fire Ins. Co. of New York

LEDDY, Judge.

Plaintiff in error, the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company, sued defendant in error, the United States Fire Insurance Company of New York, to recover indemnity for the loss of certain cotton in the destruction by fire of the compress of the Aransas Compress & Warehouse Company at Harlingen. At the time the cotton was destroyed it was covered by bills of lading theretofore issued by plaintiff in error.

There were two classes of this cotton, one designated as “city cotton,” which originated at Harlingen, and which at the time of the fire was located upon the platform of…