Houston East & West Texas Ry. Co. v. Inman

This suit was brought by appellees against appellant to recover the value of 42 bales of cotton, a part of a shipment of 100 bales, alleged to have been delivered to appellant at Nacogdoches, Tex., for shipment to Bremen, Germany, and to have been lost or converted by appellant. The petition alleges that “the said defendant, Houston East & West Texas Railway Company, received from Herman Loeb 100 bales of cotton marked and numbered ‘F. T. W.,’ and agreed that it and its connections would transport the same from the town of Nacogdoches, Tex., the point of receipt, to the port of Galveston,…