Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Smythe
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Harris County. Tried helow before Hon. W. P. Hamblen.
1Opinion of the Court
McMEANS, Associate Justice.
Appellee J. H. Smythe instituted this suit against the appellant, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Bailway Company, and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Bailway Company, for the recovery of $1,950 as damages growing out of the shipment of a carload of household goods from Houston, Texas, to Los Angeles, California, it being charged in appellee’s petition that through the negligence of the carriers the goods were badly damaged in transit.
Appellant pleaded the general issue, and specially pleaded that under the terms of the contract of shipment the liability of each carrier…
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