T.I.M.E.—DC, Inc. v. Southwestern Historical Wax Museum Corp.

HALL, Justice.

This is an action by a consignee, Southwestern Historical Way Museum Corp., against a common motor freight carrier, T.I.M.E. — DC, Inc., for damage to a wax figure of an Indian Chief allegedly caused by the carrier, and for attorneys’ fees. Trial to the court without a jury resulted in a judgment that the plaintiff recover $1,000 for damage to the wax figure and $350 for attorneys’ fees.

The defendant delivered the wax figure from the manufacturer, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to the plaintiff’s museum at Grand Prairie, Texas. The figure was concealed in a wooden…