Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Payne
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Mitchell. Tried below before Hon. W. C. McCallum.
1Opinion of the Court
TARLTON, Chief Justice.
On November 5 and 6, 1894, the appellee purchased in St. Louis, Missouri, certain goods, consisting of toys and merchandise of like character, for which he paid the sum of about $220. He shipped these goods upon contracts made at St. Louis with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Companies, providing for transportation over their lines and that of the appellant, a connecting line, to Colorado, Texas, where the appellee was engaged in the mercantile business.
The goods were destroyed by fire in the depot of the appellant at…
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