United Firemen's Ins. Co. v. Thompson

CODY, Justice.

This was a suit by appellant, the assignee of the owner of 214 bales of cotton which had moved in interstate commerce in two cars from Bakersfield, California, to the Ship Channel Compress Company, Inc., Houston, Texas, against appellee, the delivering railroad carrier, to recover the amount of the value of the loss caused to said cotton by fire, which, by agreement, was fixed at $2,758.80.

The case was tried without a jury upon facts stipulated by the parties. The facts so stipulated were in substance that the cotton was shipped under uniform bills of lading which provided in…