Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Clayton
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justioe HaelaN
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought by the defendants in error, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, against the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation existing under an act of Congress approved March 3, 1871, c. 122, 16 Stat. 573, and engaged in the business of a common carrier of merchandise for hire. Its object was to recover the value of four hundred and sixty-seven bales of cotton destroyed by fire.
The complaint alleged that in the month of October, 1894, at Bonham, Texas, the plaintiffs delivered to the defendant railway…
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