Gosho Co. v. Southern Pac. Co.

KING, Circuit Judge.

The Gosho Company, Incorporated, a Texas corporation, were dealers in cotton located at Fort Worth, Tex. It was *228desirous of shipping 30,000 bales of cotton from Texas to Japan. About June 15, 1917, Gosho Company wired J. G. Stubbs, General Freight Agent, Southern Pacific Company, at San Francisco, Cal., requesting information concerning rates on cotton by steamer from San Francisco to Japan, and were advised that he could secure a rate of $1.25 per 100 pounds from the Toyo-Kisen-Kaisha for January, February, and March sailings, 10,000 bales per month; total, 30,000 bales.…