Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Neal

This suit is brought to recover, to use the language of the warrant, in a plea of damages of three hundred dollars for failure to deliver one bale of cotton to Mosby, Hunt & Co. as per contract.

The facts are that the plaintiff delivered this bale of cotton with several others to the railroad agent, who gave receipt of the company, to be shipped to Mosby, Hunt & Co., of Memphis, Tenn. The cotton was not shipped, but probably stolen from the platform, no watchman or guard being kept over it while on the platform after delivery.

The only question contested is, whether the statute of limitations…