Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Empacadora De Ciudad Juarez, S.A.

ABBOTT, Justice.

This was a case brought by Empacadora de Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican corporation, plaintiff below, appellee here, against Texas and Pacific Railway Company, defendant below, appellant here, for damages arising out of a shipment of beef by appellee, via appellant’s railroad and connecting carriers, from Juarez, Mexico, to Jamaica, New York. The case was pleaded and tried by appellee on two theories: (1) that the meat in question was in good and sound condition when delivered by appellee to appellant for shipment, and that the same. was spoiled when it arrived in New York, and was…