Queen Ins. v. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co.

One N. D. Ñaman, the owner of 105 bales of cotton upon which plaintiff in error and other insurance companies carried policies of insurance, sued such insurance companies, and also the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company and the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway • Company, carriers of the cotton, to recover damages for the loss of 6 bales and for injuries to the remaining 99 bales through fire while the cars containing the cotton were standing at tfie unloading wharves or sheds of the compress company, where the cotton was destined for delivery.

There was a trial before the…