Schlesinger v. Texas & St. Louis Railroad

This was an action for moneys expended by plaintiffs for defendant in the matter of insuring a cargo of rails. On the trial, there was no controversy as to the claim of plaintiffs. The dispute is as to the counter-claim of defendant, which *472claims damages for tbe failure of plaintiffs to punch according to defendant’s directions, the rails that defendant had bought of them. There was a verdict in favor of plaintiffs, and against the counter-claim, and judgment accordingly.

It appears from the evidence, that one Thorne was a broker in New York. Paramore was the president of defendant, a railway…