American Lead Pencil Co. v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Davidson County. —John Allison, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Buchanan
The American Lead Pencil Company filed its original hill in the chancery court of Davidson county against the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. This bill was based on the alleged breach of a contract, and the alleged loss to complainant of a car load of pencil and penholder material, the value of which is set out in the bill to be $2,900; hut the proof shows the value of the contents of the car to have been $2,451.97.
This car load of material was destroyed by fire on Oc*62tober 24, 1904, while- it was standing on a siding near the warehouse of complainant in the town of Lewisburg,…
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