Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Watson
Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Watson
Opinion of the Court
On appeal from a justice court, appellees recovered a judgment against appellants for the sum of $150.90; this sum being the amount overpaid by them upon a draft with bill of lading attached showing a shipment of 61,890 pounds of corn from Rentisville, Old., via the Missouri, Kansas, 6, Texas Railway Company to Wichita Falls, Tex., and from Wichita Falls over the Wichita Falls & Southern Railway to New Castle, Young county, Tex. When' the car of corn in question was unloaded at New Castle, it was found to contain but 45,900 pounds, instead of 61,890 pounds as shown by the bill of lading. It appears that the shippers in Oklahoma upon receipt of the affidavit of the New Castle agent as to the actual number of pounds of corn received by him acknowledged that the original bill was incorrect, and they thereupon refunded a proportionate part of the purchase price to their immediate ven-dees, and the railway company in turn refunded to the shipiiers a proportionate part of the freight that had been charged and collected, and the main contention now made by appellants is that they are not liable for the discrepancy in weight; it being insisted that the undisputed evidence shows that bul 45,900 liounds of corn was ever delivered in the first instance to the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Company.
The case was tried before the court without a jury, and there are no findings of fact on the part of the court; the .judgment being generally for the appellees upon the facts as presented in the transcript before üs. We cannot, therefore, say that the court found that but 45,900 pounds of corn, was originally delivered to the appellant Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Kailway Company. On the contrary, we think every reasonable intendment of the evidence must be indulged in aid of the judgment, and that it is sufficient to support a finding . by the court that the bill of lading truly specified the number of pounds of corn actually delivered for transportation. It follows that the transporting companies were undeniably liable for the deficiency in weight;
The judgment is, accordingly, affirmed.
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