Houston & T. C. R. R. Co. v. Burke
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. John W. Robertson. The opinion sufficiently states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
This suit was instituted by Mrs. V. C. Burke, September 13, 1880, to recover of the railway company damages for the loss and destruction of certain paintings, jewelry, clothing, furniture and household effects, shipped by her at Hew Orleans, La., to be carried to Austin, Texas, under a contract made at Hew Orleans with a connecting line and agent of the appellant railway company, by the terms of which the latter agreed *328to carry said property from Houston, Harris county, to Austin. The property shipped was stated in detail, with values aggregating as follows:…
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