Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Williams
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. Armstead Brown. Action by J. J. Williams and another against the Louisviile & Nashville Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. Armstead Brown. Action by J. J. Williams and another against the Louisviile & Nashville Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The complaint was as follows: “1. Plaintiffs claim of the defendant the sum -of $322.83 and interest thereon from August 21, 1908, as ■damages for the breach of a certain contract entered into on the 2d day of June, 1908, whereby defendant agreed, for a. valuable consideration, to receive from plaintiff 100 bales of cotton, and to .ship, transport and deliver the same at Liverpool, England,…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J. —
1. This suit was brought by appellee against appellant for recovery of damages *624for the breach of a contract which the plaintiff alleges was made by the defendant with him to transport and deliver to him by the steamer Saltmarsh 100 bales, of cotton, and which the appellant failed to do. The contract of shipment was made by appellant with Elmore, Quillian & Co., and in making the contract appellee was not disclosed as a party in interest. It is contended by appellee that Elmore, Quiliian & Co., were his agents in the making of said contract, and that the contract was made…
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