Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Crayton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Clayton and another against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company to recover (he value of colton destroyed after its delivery to the defendant as a carrier. There was a judgment for plaintiffs on a verdict directed by the court, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error by the defendant in the court below to review a judgment which was entered upon a verdict directed in favor of the plaintiffs upon the trial. The action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffs by the burning of 467 bales of cotton on the 12th of November, 1894, at Woshvego, in the state of Louisiana.
The facts established upon the trial were that the plaintiffs, co-partners, at Liverpool, England, by the style of Newall & Clayton, through their agents, Oastner & Co., at Bonham, Tex., delivered in October,…
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- Pratt v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Converse v. Norwich & New York Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1865
- Goold v. . ChapinNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Aetna Insurance Co. v. . WheelerNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
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