Coulter v. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co.

This is the third appeal of this case, the decision of the first appeal being found in 139 S.W. 16, rendered by the Tex. arkana Court of Civil Appeals, the decision in the second appeal being found in 248 S.W. 788, rendered by this court, to which cases reference will be made for a fuller statement of the case than is necessary here.

On March 20, 1908, H. W. Coulter filed suit against the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fé Railway Company for alleged damages to a shipment of billiard room furnishings, shipped from Fort Worth to Philadelphia. In his trial petition he alleged: That, before the shipment,…