Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Crossman Bros.

FINLEY, Associate Justice.

This is a suit instituted against the •defendant Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Co. to recover the value of two bales of cotton shipped by plaintiffs from Ladonia, Texas, to New Orleans, La., and which were never delivered to the consignee. The case was originally instituted in the Justice Court, and from a judgment rendered in that court, an appeal was taken to the County Court, the case was there tried ele nova, and judgment rendered in favor of plaintiffs, and an appeal is prosecuted to this court. The judgment in the County Court recites a trial on the oral…