Browne v. Union Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiff brought this action for damages sustained through his reliance on erroneous datings on four* shipper’s order bills of lading issued by defendant.

The plaintiff, a grain dealer of McKinney, Texas, alleged on October 18, 1920, he bought 10,000 bushels of wheat from the Ed Past Grain Company of Denver, Colo., at $2.36 per bushel, to be shipped on or before November 2, 1920, but the time was extended until November 9, 1920. Plaintiff gave the grain company instructions to ship the wheat to Whitewater, Texas, via defendant’s railway…