Meyer v. Thompson

CODY, Justice.

This was a suit by appellants to recover damages from appellee for negligent delay in transporting six gondola cars loaded with water-damaged wheat from Houston to San Antonio. Appellants are partners in the grain business. In the transaction before the Court the appellants acted by and through Lee Meyer. The following are the controlling facts:

That about December 24, 1949, a barge loaded with wheat arrived in Houston from Chicago. In the process of unloading, it was found that the bottom portion of the wheat in one of the compartments of the barge had become wet from seepage…