Gulf, C. & S. F. RY. Co. v. Anderson, Clayton & Co.

This suit was instituted by defendant in error, Anderson, Clayton & Co., to recover of plaintiff in error, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Company, the value of 49 bales of cotton destroyed by fire while located in a car into which it had béen loaded.

The facts epitomized are: That in 1915, the firm of Nicholson & Baker, was engaged in buying cotton in the vicinity of Ballinger *1032to sell to exporters. Tlie cotton so purchased was concentrated upon the Texas Compress Company’s platform at Ballinger, where it was weighed, tagged, and a sample taken from each bale by the compress company. These…