Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. American Grocery Co.

Mr. Judge SHARP

of the Commission of Appeals delivered the opinion for the court.

This is a suit by the American Grocery Company and others against the Mallory Steamship Company, Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company and the Galveston Wharf Company, for the value of a carload of sardines destroyed by fire while the same was in transit to that company as consignee. The shipment originated in Seaport, Maine, the initial carrier being the Seaport Navigation Company, which issued a through bill of lading, shipper’s order, notify American Grocery Company, El Paso, Texas. Under the bill…