Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. J. Zimmerman & Co.

TARLTON, Judge, Section B.

On November 13,1886, appellees J. Zimmerman & Co. shipped over appellant’s railway from Cleburne, Texas, 100 bales of cotton consigned to Miller & Fenton, Liver-, pool, England. On November 15, 1886, fifty bales of the cotton were burned at Temple, Bell County, Texas, while on the cars of appel lant. On November 8, 1887, appellees, in the District Court of Johnson County, sued appellant on its contract of shipment and its liability as a common carrier for the value of the cotton lost, and afterward recovered judgment, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

At the time…