Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. C. H. Rines & Co.

CONNER, Chief Justice.

Appellees, on January 19, 1903, shipped a carload of onions from Mora, Minnesota, over the Great Northern Railway, to St. Paul, Minnesota, at which point the destination of the car was changed to Fort Worth, Texas, to which latter point it was transported from St. Paul over connecting lines of railway to appellant’s line at Ray, Texas, and thence to Fort Worth. At St. Paul the ear was billed to Fort Worth, and consigned to appellees, “own order, notify Montgomery Grocery Company,’’ with privilege of inspection. The car arrived at Fort Worth on January 28, 1903, and…