L. Miller & Co. v. Texas & New Orleans Railway Co.

GABBETT, Presiding Judge,

Section B.—L. Miller & Co. brought this suit August 7,1890, in the District Court of Orange County, to recover of the Texas & Hew Orleans Bail way Company the statutory damages for the detention of a carload of furniture after tender of freight charges due as shown by the bill of lading. Upon the trial plaintiffs produced in evidence a through bill of lading issued by the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Bailway Company, at Tell City, Indiana, May 24,1890, for the furniture consigned to L. Miller & Co., Orange, Texas; the rate of transportation of said…