Texas City Terminal Railway Co. v. American Equitable Assurance Co.

INGRAHAM, District Judge.

The facts and circumstances under which this litigation arose may be briefly stated as follows:

Prior to April 16, 1947, the United States instituted a program of furnishing fertilizer to certain foreign countries. The fertilizer was shipped by rail from points in Nebraska and Iowa to Texas City, Texas, under Government bills of lading and was described on the bills of lading variously as fertilizing compounds, fertilizer compound or similar description. Plaintiff, Texas City Terminal Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as Terminal, was the switching carrier…