St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Mills
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. John H. Mitchell, Judge. Suit by the Woodruff Mills against the St. Louis & San Francisco Bailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. John H. Mitchell, Judge. Suit by the Woodruff Mills against the St. Louis & San Francisco Bailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court, Our statute, Code 1906, sec. 4851, making bills of lading conclusive evidence of the receipt of the goods by the carrier called for in the bill of lading, does not apply in this case, because appellee purchased and was the owner of the cotton before it was delivered to appellant. Meyer v. Peek, 28 N. T. 598. Appellee’s failure to…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
The appellant railroad company issued its bill of lading at Tupelo, Miss., to Thompson & Wallace, cotton buyers for three hundred bales of cotton, consigned to the Woodruff Mills at Woodruff, S. C. The bill of lading acknowledged the receipt of the three hundred bales, giv*225ing the weight and mark of each of the hales. Under the heading “Weight,” in parenthesis, is printed “Subject to Correction.” The freight was prepaid by the shippers, and the bill of lading, with draft attached for the sale price of the cotton, was sent through the bank. The draft was paid by the consignee, appellee. When…
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