Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Trinity County Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
The letter of appellee to the shippers making the order required six cars to be put in one carload, and dirécted- that the machine company should “ contract for the freight before shipment.”
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by appellant against appellee, to recover an amount alleged to be due as freight upon certain narrow guage cars transported over appellant’s road for appellee, and alleged to have been taken by appellee from appellant’s possession by force, without paying the charges for such transportation.
The machinery was shipped by the Lima Machine Works, of Lima, Ohio, consigned to appellant at Groveton, Texas, under a bill of lading issued by the Lake Erie & Western Railway Company, at the former place, in which the cars were described as “ narrow guage…
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