Coulter v. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co.

H. W. Coulter shipped two carloads of billiard and pool tables with certain equipments from Forth Worth, Tex., to the city of Philadelphia, Pa., and he instituted this suit to recover damages for injuries to the goods during that shipment.

The case was tried before a jury, and judgment was rendered for the defendant upon a verdict which was instructed by the trial judge, and the plaintiff has appealed.

The record does not show upon what theory the trial court gave the peremptory instruction to return a verdict for the defendant. The appellee, however, has sought to sustain that instruction for…