Bond v. Frost

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

SxjdeIjIj, J.

This is a suit for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on a lot of cotton. The steamboat Naomi received the cotton in the Hatchee river, and undertook, by her bill of lading, to deliver it at New Orleans to Felix Walker Sy Co„ the plaintiff’s factors, “they paying freight at two dol*802Iars per bale, and charges, with privilege of re-shipping.” The Concordia received the cotton from the Naomi at Memphis, and gave a bill of lading, in which the cotton is receipted for as in good order and condition. The bill stipulates…