M-K-T Ry. Co. v. Jaffee Cotton Products Mfg. Co.

BAUGPI, Justice.

Appellee, hereinafter referred to as Jaf-fee, sued appellant, hereinafter referred to as the railway company, for damages to two secondhand waste cotton picker machines shipped from Manchester, N. H., to Honey Springs, Dallas County, Texas, on July 31, 1942. They arrived in August, 1942,- seriously damaged. The railway company admitted liability and tendered Jaffee $2,062.80, plus interest, that being the aggregate amount paid out by Jaffee,— $1,350 for the machines at Manchester, N. H., and $712.80 for freight, loading and unloading charges. Trial was to a jury on special…