Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. J. C. R. Haynes & Co.

Stayton, Chief Justice.

This cause was tried without a jury, and the conclusions of fact, so far as necessary to be stated, are as follows:

“3. That on the 9th, 10th, and 11th days of November, 1887, the plaintiffs shipped from Black Jack Grove, Texas, and Campbell, Texas, to Greenville, Texas, through the defendant, Missouri Pacific Railway Company, 99 bales of cotton, and received regular bills of lading therefor, the haul being entirely within the State of Texas, and part of said cotton being consigned to plaintiffs at Greenville, Texas, and part to the defendant compress company, notify J.…