Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Bryant

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

In August, 1900, the Tennent-Stribbliijg Shoe Company, of St. Louis, Mo., sold to the Bryant Coal Company, a concern doing business at Island, Ky., a bill of shoes for $499.78. The shoes were shipped via L. & N. Railroad Company, to the Bryant Coal Company, and when they arrived at Island, Ky., the place of destination, were delivered by the railroad company to Ashton' Bryánt, the appellee. The railroad company, realizing its liability' on account of the misdelivery of the goods, paid the shoe company their value, and obtained from it an…