Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. North Texas Grain Co.

TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.

—Jules Perthuis, of Hitchcock, Texas, bought a car load of oats from the North Texas Grain Company, of McKinney, Texas. He agreed to pay 27 cents per bushel for the oats delivered at Hitchcock. The grain was billed out from Quinlan, Texas, on August 3, 1900, and was transported by the Midland Railroad to Paris, and by the Santa Fe Railway Company from Paris to Hitchcock. Felton Bros., from whom the grain company had bought the oats, appeared in the bill of lading to be the consignors, and the grain was consigned to the shipper’s order. The bill of lading was sent…