Sumner v. Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Rail-Road
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN, for Damages removed from Mecklenburg and tried at Fall Term, 1877, of Cabarrus Superior Court, before Kerr, J. This action was brought to recover damages for the loss of eighty-five bales of cotton which the plaintiff alleged he had delivered to the defendant company at Ridgeway, South Carolina, to be transported to Charlotte, North Carolina, and that the defendant negligently failed to notify the ■consignee of its arrival in Charlotte, and negligently lost the…
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Civil ActioN, for Damages removed from Mecklenburg and tried at Fall Term, 1877, of Cabarrus Superior Court, before Kerr, J. This action was brought to recover damages for the loss of eighty-five bales of cotton which the plaintiff alleged he had delivered to the defendant company at Ridgeway, South Carolina, to be transported to Charlotte, North Carolina, and that the defendant negligently failed to notify the ■consignee of its arrival in Charlotte, and negligently lost the same or converted it to defendant’s own use. It appeared that said cotton was bought for plaintiff by A. K. Craige, the…
1Opinion of the CourtReade, J.
The theory of the plaintiff is that in November, 1864, he delivered to the defendant at its -depot, Ridge way, in South Carolina, 85 bales of cotton to be delivered to him in Charlotte, North Carolina, and that the same was never delivered, and that it is a total Ibss. In order to support that theory, the plaintiff himself testified that one Craige was the defendant’s depot agent at Ridgeway ; that the plaintiff in October, 1863, employed Craige as his agent .and furnished him with money to buy cotton for him, and ■¡that Craige agreed “ to ship any cotton so purchased, whenever directed;”…
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