Ellis v. Payne
District Court, N.D. Georgia
At Law. Action by Leigh Ellis & Co. against John Barton Payne, agent. On demurrer to amended petition.
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, District Judge.
The amended petition, filed January 28, 1921, is admitted by the demurrer as true and makes this case: On March 25, 1918, the Director General of Railroads issued a bill of lading for cotton moving in interstate commerce, “consigned to order of Savage Cotton Company, incorporated. * * * No. of packages, 200. Description of articles and special marks, B/C two hundred, marked M. A. R. S. Car initials, A. C. L. No. 40779 and Wabash No. 71014. Weight (subject to correction) 99,300 lbs.”- — with freight prepaid in a stated amount. Among the conditions indorsed on the bill…
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