Alexander Marketing Co. v. Fort Worth & Denver City Ry. Co.

NORVELL, Justice.

The trial court sustained the plea of privilege of appellee, Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, and ordered this cause transferred from Cameron County to Tarrant Comity. Appellant, Alexander Marketing Company, sought recovery for damages to a carload of carrots shipped from Plainview, Texas, to New York City. The venue provision involved is Article 1995, § 24, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Stats., which reads as follows:

“Carriers.—Suits arising from damage or loss to any passenger, freight, baggage or other property, by reason of its transportation, or contract in relation thereto,…