International & Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Kansas City Produce Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; S. G. Tayloe, Judge. Action by the Kansas City Produce Company against the International & Great Northern Railway Company. From an adverse judgment, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, C. J.
This is a suit for damages alleged to have accrued through the unauthorized surrender of large shipments of eggs to S. Guilhem & Co., without collecting certain drafts to cover the price of the eggs, which were attached to the respective bills of lading, the said eggs being converted to the use of said Guilhem & Co. It was alleged that the shipments were made by ap-pellee, I. Tobias, doing business under the name of Kansas City Produce Company, and that one shipment of the eggs consisted of 94 cases which had been sold by appellee to Charles S. Guilhem & Co., of Austin, Tex., at $0.10 a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- North Pennsylvania Railroad v. Commercial Bank of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. C. H. Rines & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1905
- Vaughn v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1905
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