The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-29
THE COTTON CASES.
Messrs. Oliver & GrIggs have Sued fol
Recovery
Fesn The Railway Company Text Of
Petiti0ps
4 Dosunest of General Interest.

4 Dosuneat of General Interest.
Interest Ia tho crooked cotton transac-
tlons was increased yesterday by oliver n
Grisgs. bankers. Rling suit IN the district
cart by their attorneys wrighs a Wright
and Robertson h Coke, agsissI tina Texas
d PaGlkc Railway Co and yos Lobenstein
Oh bill Of lsd'ng. II resds. The
petition of r. h X Oliver, who reside in
Limeston. county. TsIas. aud William L..
0risgs, who resides Ia Dallas comfy, Tex
as, partners nj Dallas. Texas, IN the bust.
ness OF bsbkers, under the rsme of oliver
4 Gri.gs, assinst the Texas u Pacific rall-
way company. a corporation created under
the laws OF TeIss, the proprietor and en-
gagged In the operation OF a line OF -ailwy
through Dallas, Grayson aud other coun-
ties In said state, aud Joseph Lohenstsin,
who resides Ia Dallas coGsy, Texas.
respectfully shows that on to wit.
tho 24th day OF October 1888
the said defendant railway company for
value contracted with Its &c defendant 10
transport from Sherman, Grsyson county
to the city OF Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
aud there delivered TO the order OF said
COMPANY, defendant, certain sid three
hundred bales OF cotton then received by
said company Of the aggregate weight OF
i5l 800 pounds, An aggregate value at Sner-
man reIas of oils lSs, nnd Issued therefor
ard delivered 10 SAID co-defencant ~ GER
tain bill OF isdins In the usual toriu, v cOpy
of which 10 hrr.unto annexed ana mkie
part hereof; which said bill OF lading the
SAID code iendsnt endorsed and delivered
bn said Co defendant for value paid him ind
guarautecd the performance 81 SAID coz
tract oy said rilrsy company; th't said
CONTRACT could and ought 20 nave besn
performed within fifteen days from it,
date, bat the same has nos YET
bs,n performed and taoNgh oftssrteues.ed
the said deiendspti have who'll failed aud
refused ., perform said contract aud - de-
liver to plaintiffs or to their order al The
CITY OF Pnil.dsl phia or 'lsoHhera or the
said cotton or any part thereof, bat nave
waited, destroyed and converted to their
own use the same TO PLAINTIFF damage
~ GO; wherefore plaintiff, pray citation
and judgment for damages Aforesaid cost
The bill 81 lsding reads as follows
resn 1918 -73x. no 70.
COTTON BILL OF LADING.-" Domestic"
THE rBxAs& IFICRAILwAY co.
Sherman Station. Eastern Division. Oct 2%h
- acRIvsD PROM Joe Lob ensten 800 o.les OF
Il 0pNtpu, IN tppASut kood o'NsIt
nnm red ~ below - be trAuspsriei from
Sherman 70 Philadelphia, Pa sad daivsNs -
the ssnsiGnses or counscting common carrier.
The co,s,n aforesaid may pas, through 'se
Gus yDdy o. several carriers before reaching It's
des,inatios, and IL 10 unasrstsod Is psIt VI ths
confederation for which the said cotton IL re-
eeived, that the executions from liability made
BY such csrros respectively shall op, rate Ia
tie garbage by them rsr octivrly OF the said
cottop as yhQ ugh here . lDAored az Length: and
especially that neither ofsAlf ssrrers, or this
company. shall be liAnle ior los or damage VI
any kind, occasloHsd by DELAYS from any cause,
or nv change OF weather or for loss or damage
by Ore, or Ter loss or damage on seas. lakes
sasAls or rlvers. And IL T. fnrta-f especially
In the transit Of the said cotton. he legal r'a.
CAV shall be against the par icuI.r carrier ~
in whose custody the said c,ttcs NAV actually
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