St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. White Lumber Co.

The Ferguson Hardwood Lumber Companv, of Texas, hereinafter called the Ferguson Company, shipped a carload of lumber from "Weaver, Texas, to the "White Lumber Company, of Chicago, hereinafter called the defendant, the Ferguson Company agreeing to pay the freight to Chicago. The St. Louis Southwestern Bailway Company, hereinafter called the plaintiff, received the car of lumber from the Ferguson Company and carried it to the connecting point of the Chicago & Alton B. B. Co., who delivered it to the defendant. The defendant, as agent for the Ferguson Company, paid the freight thereon, as called…