Pine Bluff & Arkansas River Railway Co. v. McKenzie
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Antonio B. Grace, Judge. The court erred in excluding the testimony of H. E- Martin, as to whose land the spur track was on. Hutch, Car. § 94. The delivery must have been complete. ' 56 Ark. 288; Hutch. Car, § 82. Usage is legal evidence of custom. 17 Ark. 428; 58 Ark. 129; 29 Am. & Eng. Enc. Raw, 412. Delivery to appellant was complete. Hutch. Car. § § 99, 100; 42 Tex. 467; 29 Am. & Eng. Enc. Raw, 410.
1Opinion of the CourtBattue, J.
B. E. McKenzie sued the Pine Bluff & Arkansas River Railway Company for the value of one carload of cotton and of one carload of cotton seed, and interest thereon. He alleged in his complaint that, on the 29th day of October, 1901, he delivered to the defendant, at R. W. Clement’s Gin, for immediate transportation, one carload of cotton, of the value of $1,227.60, to be shipped to Memphis, Tenn., and one carload of cotton seed, of the value of $300; to be shipped to Rittle Rock, Ark.; that said defendant accepted the cotton and seed, and, in consideration of a certain sum to be paid,…
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