Houston & T. C. Ry. Co. v. J. W. Geer & Sons
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Grayson County Court; Dayton B. Steed, Judge. Action by J. W. Geer & Sons against the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHamilton, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment recovered for the destruction by fire of a shipment of 13 bales of cotton.
The appellees, plaintiffs below, alleged that the shipment was made from Anna to McKinney by E. E. Cox, who, for a valuable consideration, transferred the bill of lading to appellees, the cotton having been consigned to the order of said E. E. Cox at destination, notify J. W. Geer & Sons; that the bill of lading under which the shipment moved over the defendant’s line of railroad contained a recitation “for concentration,” by which expression it was meant that the cotton was to be…
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