Houston, E. & W. T. Ry. Co. v. Brackin

This suit was filed in the county court of Hardin county, Tex., by plaintiffs (appellees) against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé and Houston, East & West Texas Railway Companies, seeking to recover the sum of $305.06, alleged damages to a shipment of sweet potatoes shipped from Honey Island, Tex., on the 14th of October, A. D. 1913, to Houston, Tex., but on account of the alleged delay in the movement of said car and the failure of the defendants to keep the vents of said car open, said potatoes were caused to be heated, and decayed and spoiled, and became worthless to appellees, to their…