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GALVESTON WHARF CO. v. RY. CO.

No. 411.

285 U.S. 127 (1932)

52 S.Ct. 342

76 L.Ed. 659

GALVESTON WHARF CO. ET AL. v. GALVESTON, HARRISBURG & SAN ANTONIO RAILWAY CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George S. Wright, with whom Messrs. Alex F. Weisberg and Rhodes S. Baker were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. John P. Bullington for the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Ry. Co., respondent.

Mr. Roscoe H. Hupper, with whom Mr. Burton H. White was on the brief, for the Mallory Steamship Co., respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The American Grocery Company and others brought this action against the Mallory Steamship Company, the Galveston Wharf Company, and the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company to recover the value of a carload of sardines destroyed by fire at Galveston, Texas, while en route to El Paso in that State. The goods had been shipped from Maine to El Paso on a through bill of lading issued by the...

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