Patterson v. Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co.

Appellants sued the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company, the Denver City Railway Company, Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company, and Frank Adams, its receiver, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, and Harris Bros. Grain Company, for the sum of $304.50, the alleged value of a shipment of maize from Paducah, Tex., to Heyser, Tex. The petition alleges that the shipment was damaged in transit by reason of a defective car, which permitted the rain to leak through and damage the contents, and, while the pleading is not faultless, it is…