Rhodes v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from Tarrant County Court; W. P. Walker, Judge. Action by Marshall H. Smith against C. C. Rhodes and another to recover damages for failure to deliver a carload of hay. Judgment for plaintiff against defendants, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtPet, C. J.
This is a suit brought by defendant in error against O. O. Bhodes and the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Eé Bailway Company to recover $386.98, alleged to have accrued to him ns damages by reason of a failure to deliver to him at Humble, Tex., “a carload of No. 1 alfalfa, consisting of 345 bales, weighing 22,690 pounds.” It was alleged that on October 23, 19Í6, the said railway company gave to B, E. Levers & Co. a bill of lading for said carload of alfalfa for shipment from Boswell, N. M., to Bessmay, Tex.; that said firm sold the alfalfa to Bhodes, and indorsed the bill of lading to him, and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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