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Excerpt from The American State Reports, 1898, Vol. 59: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" And the "American Reports," Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States The trial court found that the origin Of the fire was unknown, but it expressly declined to determine whether the fire originated from the negligence of the navigation company or not. Under a number Of assignments practically two questions are presented in this case, which may be stated as follows: 1 Was the Direct Navigation Company engaged in interstate commerce while transporting the cotton in question from Houston to Gal veston? If so, then 2. Did the provision in its charter that it should be subject in the transportation Of freight to the laws applicable to cohunon carriers, Operate to make it liable under the laws of the state for the loss sustained, notwithstanding the limitation contained in the bill Of lading and the exemption provided by the statutes Of the United States? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.