V. Rivera S. en C. v. Texas N. O. R. Co.

FOURNET, Justice.

The plaintiff, Valentin Rivera, is appealing from a judgment of the lower court dismissing his suit to recover the value of a shipment of rice purchased from DalGar Rice Mill, Inc., of Crowley, Louisiana, and destroyed by fire in New Orleans while in transit to Puerto Rico under through export bills of lading issued by the agent of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company in Crowley.

The Dal-Gar Rice Mill, Inc., on January 25, 1941, delivered to the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company, freight pre paid, 600 pockets of Choice Blue Rose Milled Rice Coated, each pocket…