St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Burford

This suit was brought by appellees against the appellant to recover the sum of $699.49, claimed as damages to a shipment of cotton from Idabel, Oklahoma, to Houston, Texas. The facts, so far as necessary to state them, are as follows:

The appellees were the owners of 208 bales of cotton purchased by them at Idabel, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1925. The cotton was purchased for the appellees at Idabel by L. L. Ruggles, and was bought the latter part or about the second week of October. Appellee Burford went to Idabel on Saturday night, and saw this cotton on Sunday morning, and classed it for…