Pharr Cotton Co. v. Davis

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The controlling question in this case is whether or not the words “Via Union Compress at Augusta,” written on the face of the bills of lading issued by the defendant to the plaintiff, amounted to a binding and enforceable contract requiring the defendant to compress, at Augusta, Ga., cotton delivered to the defendant at Washington, Ga., for shipment? All the shipments involved in this suit were shipments from a point in the State of Georgia to points outside the State, and were, therefore, subject to the act to regulate commerce between the States. This…