Houston & T. C. R. v. Reichardt & Schulte Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County ; Charles E. Ashe, Judge. Suit by the Reichardt & Schulte Company against the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This cause involves the shipment of a car of onion sets by J. M. Ricker from Oswego, Kan., to Reichardt & Schulte Company at Houston, Tex., over two railroads, the St. Louis & San Francisco from Oswego to Sherman, Tex., and the Houston & Texas Central from Sherman to Houston. The contract of shipment was evidenced by the standard form bill of lading approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission on June 27, 1908, by its order No. 787, and contained these two clauses:
“Sec. 2. In issuing this bill of lading, this company agrees to transport only over its own line, and except as otherwise…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1916
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- A. J. Phillips Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
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