Gulf Coast Transp. Co. v. Standard Bulling Co.

This suit was instituted in the district court of Harris county by the Standard Milling Company, plaintiff, against the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company and the Gulf Coast Transportation Company as defendants. The defendants were sued as common carriers. The plaintiff alleged in its petition that on the 1st day of March, 1911, the old River Rice & Irrigation Company, the agent of the plaintiff, delivered to the Gulf Coast Transportation Company 794 sacks of rough rice, the same being the property of the plaintiff, and on the 6th day of March, 1911, its said agent delivered to said Gulf…