Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. McCandless

LONG, Justice.

Appellee, Bruce A. McCandless, sued the appellant, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, for the sum of $438, the alleged value of the contents of a box of household goods shipped from Fayetteville, North Carolina, consigned to plaintiff at Brownwood, Texas, which was never delivered. The parties will be referred to herein as they were in the trial court. Upon a trial before the court, without the aid of a jury, judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff against defendant for the sum of $350, to which defendant excepted and duly perfected its appeal to this court.

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