Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Hunt

BOYCE, J. J. C.

Hunt brought this suit against the appellant railway company to recover the value of wheat alleged to have been lost in shipment. The plaintiff alleged that during the months of May, June, July, and August, 1920, he delivered to the railway company for shipment from Harrold, Tex., to Wichita Falls, Tex., wheat weighing in the aggregate something over 2,000-v000 pounds; that the railway company lost in transportation about 12,000 pounds of such wheat. The trial resulted in judgment for the sum of $517.01,

The plaintiff arrived at the shortage of wheat by taking the aggregate…