Marande v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APFEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This action was commenced to recover from the Texas and ' Pacific Railway Company the value of sixty-five bales of cotton destroyed by fire on the night of the 12th of November, 1894, whilst the cotton was in the cars of the railway company standing on its tracks in the rear of or in close proximity to a terminal wharf of the corporation situated opposite the upper portion of the city of New Orleans, on the west…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APFEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This action was commenced to recover from the Texas and ' Pacific Railway Company the value of sixty-five bales of cotton destroyed by fire on the night of the 12th of November, 1894, whilst the cotton was in the cars of the railway company standing on its tracks in the rear of or in close proximity to a terminal wharf of the corporation situated opposite the upper portion of the city of New Orleans, on the west bank of the Mississippi River, at a point called Westwego.' The cotton formed part of one hundred bales shipped from…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Questions involving the liability of the defendant for damage occasioned by the loss of other cotton by the fire which destroyed the cotton, the value of which is now sought to be recovered, have been previously decided by this court. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Clayton, 173 U. S. 348; Same v. Reiss et al., 183 U. S. 621; and Same v. Callender, 183 U. S. 832. Whilst in deciding these cases it was essential to refer to and in some respects consider the course of business at the terminal wharf at Westwego, the controversy which here arises for decision involves different considerations, and…
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