Sugarland Ry. Co. v. Dew Bros.

Dew Bros, sued the Sugar-land Railway Company as a common carrier for the reasonable market value of nine bales of cotton, upon substantially this allegation a's to its liability:

“That on or about the 30th day of August, 1917, plaintiffs tendered and delivered to, and defendant accepted for transportation and shipment at De Walt, Ft. Bend county, Texas, nine (9) bales of cotton, aggregating in weight five thousand (5,000) pounds, which said cotton was loaded into a car, furnished by defendant for said purpose, and which was standing upon the tracks of defendant company, and that after…