Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad v. United Farmers of America

Appellees instituted suit against appellant in the circuit court of White County to recover $343.91, the value of tivo bales of cotton' which appellee, United Fanners of America, shipped from Heber Springs to Searcy, to be sold by its agent, W. B. Cook; said cotton having been destroyed by fire in the warehouse. of the Searcy Compress Company, to whom appellees delivered same.

It was alleged, in substapce, in the complaint, that, on January 19, 1924, the United Farmers of America delivered two bales of cotton to appellant, a common carrier, at Heber Springs, to be transported to Searcy, for…