Morgan v. Dibble
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Calhoun. The case was tried before Hon. J. J. Holt, one of the district judges. Augustus L. Dibble and Henry Seeligson sued Charles Morgan for $1,100, the value of an invoice of goods shipped on Morgan’s steamer, “Harlan,” on the 10th of July, 1866, to be delivered at Indianola, upon the usual bill of lading.
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Appeal from Calhoun. The case was tried before Hon. J. J. Holt, one of the district judges. Augustus L. Dibble and Henry Seeligson sued Charles Morgan for $1,100, the value of an invoice of goods shipped on Morgan’s steamer, “Harlan,” on the 10th of July, 1866, to be delivered at Indianola, upon the usual bill of lading. It was charged, that Morgan was a common carrier, and he was—in fact had been for many years—the owner of the great line of steamers from New Orleans to the gulf ports of Texas. The line of defense was, that his steamers were carriers of the mails of the United States; that…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
Although the questions in this' case are fully settled by well-established rules of commercial law, and by the decisions of courts of the highest authority, as they involve points of considerable importance to the mercantile community, and those engaged .in the business of *117common carriers, we have endeavored to give them the full attention which they merit, and will now, though without elaboration, indicate the conclusions at which we have arrived, and which we hold to he sustained hy elementary principles and well-considered decisions.
That the appellant was engaged in the business of a…
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