Western Lumber Co. v. Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Gray County Court; Siler Faulkner, Judge. Action by the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company against the Western Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
The appellee railway company brought suit against the appellant lumber company, alleging that it was a common carrier of freight, intra and inter state shipments, and that as such it entered into contracts of shipment with the appellant, for one carload of lime and cement, setting out therein the carload weight, at 21 cents per 100 pounds on the lime, or $2.10, which was the proper legal freight charges according to the tariff regulating the freight; that the full amount of the charges was $52.10, and that there was a payment of $16.80, leaving a balance on that car of $35.30, and the second…
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