Galveston Wharf Co. v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.

The American Grocery Company and others brought this action against the Mallory Steamship Company, the Galveston Wharf Company, and the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company to recover the value of a carload of sardines destroyed by fire at Galveston, Texas, while en route to El Paso in that State. The goods had been shipped from Maine to El Paso on a through bill of lading issued by the Seaport Navigation Company and describing the route as “ Mallory, Southern Pacific.” The Mallory Steamship Company had transported the goods from New York to Galveston, and at the time of the…