Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Buckholts State Bank

' Appellee, Buekholts State Bank, as purchaser of an order bill of lad ing evidencing a shipment of 42 hales of cotton, sued appellant railway company for its value, alleging a misdelivery or conversion. The alleged conversion was based upon two grounds: Eirst, that appellant railway company converted the cotton by delivering it to the Cameron Compress Company, upon its arrival at Cameron, Tex., without having first notified C. A. Pitts, at Cameron, Tex., the party named in the bill of lading to be notified in violation of its contract to do so, and in violation of its contract to deliver the…