G., H. & S. A. R'y Co. v. Smith

Opinion by

White, P. J.

§ 138. Contributory negligence; general rule as to; duty of person to use care to prevent injury. Appellees brought this suit to recover the alleged value of corn shipped by *130.them over appellants’ road from Eagle Lake, in Colorado ■county, to Waelder, in Gonzales county, and alleged to have been rendered worthless by delay in transportation. Verdict and judgment for appellees for the value of the corn as claimed. The facts are, substantially, that appellees bought three hundred and nineteen bushels of corn from a plantation five miles from Eagle Lake. They hired from…