Beck v. Lasater

MARTIN, Justice.

Appellee, Fred Lasater, entered into a contract with appellants, V. V. Beck, C. H. Beck and Robert Beck, a copartnership operating as Beck Gin Company, to haul cotton by truck from the Beck Gin Company at Whiteface to the compress in Levelland, Texas. The cotton as transported was owned by customers of the gin company but the company was paying for the transportation of the cotton to Level-land and was liable to the owners for its loss. On or about December 4, 1951, appellants delivered to appellee twenty-nine bales of cotton to be transported to the Levelland compress. Due to…