American Cotton Co-Operative Ass'n v. New Orleans & Vicksburg Packet Co.

ODOM, Justice.

The American Cotton Co-operative Association delivered to the New Orleans & Vicksburg Packet Company, Inc., a common carrier, 295 bales of cotton at Hard Times Landing on the Mississippi river at Newellton, La., for shipment on the steamer Tennessee Belle from Newellton to New Orleans. After bills of lading were issued, but before the cotton was loaded on board the steamer, 268 bales of it were destroyed by fire. The present suit is to recover the value of the cotton destroyed. Plaintiff’s demands were rejected by the trial court, and it appealed.

The facts are not disputed. The…