Chevallier v. Straham
Texas Supreme Court
This was a suit brought by the appellant against the appel-lees, upon an alleged liability incurred by them as partners in the business and trade of common carriers. The material facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hesipiiill
The petition charges that the defendants, being partners in the business and trade of common carriers, for hire, from the town of Nacogdoches in Texas, to the town of Nachi-toches in the state of Louisiana, received in that capacity, from the plaintiff, six bales of cotton, which they undertook to convey to Nackitoches for a reasonable reward, but failed to do so, and the cotton was wholly lost to the petitioner. There were three trials in the court below; in the first of which the jury could not agree on a verdict, and in the two latter found for the defendant.
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