Baker Cotton Oil Co. v. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co.

Opinion by

STEPHENSON, C.

The plaintiff alleged that it loaded 60,900 pounds of oil into a tank car at Altus, and delivered the shipment' to the defendant for carriage ' to the Liberty Cotton Oil Company, at Oklahoma City, on shipper’s order. The car in which the oil was loaded was the property of some person or company other than the defendant. It is alleged that the car contained only 53,100 pounds of oil upon reaching its destination. It is alleged that the loss occurred through and by the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff offered testimony showing that the car contained 60,900…