Legal Opinion
Weld-Neville Cotton Co. v. Elder, Dempster & Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 7, 1918No. 7566PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from District Court, Galveston County; Eobt. G. Street, Judge. Action by the Elder, Dempster & Co., Limited, against the Weld-Neville Cotton Com-liany. Judgment for plaintiff, and' defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Appellee sued appellant in the court below for $3,500 damages, alleged to have accrued by reason of 2,000 bales of the latter’s cotton having taken up more space on the former’s steamshipi between Texas City, Tex., and Havre, France, than it should have done under their contract. Judgment for $1,103.45 was entered in favor of appellee, from which this appeal is taken.
A very succinct statement of the contract as declared upon by appellee is taken from its brief, page 20, as follows:
“The plaintiff alleged that the defendant contracted to furnish for transportation 2,000 bales of ‘high density…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Krohn v. HeynTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- J. I. Case Plow Works v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- Elder, Dempster & Co. v. Weld-Neville Cotton Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1921