Southern Ry. Co. v. Cofer
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Action by E. G. Cofer against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Action by E. G. Cofer against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The appellee, who was a merchant at Randolph, Ala., shipped 23 bales of cotton, as per bill of lading set out in the opinion, from Randolph, Ala., over the lines of the appellant, delivering the cotton to appellee on the 25th and 26th days of November, 1904. The cotton Avas not delivered at the compress in Selma, ’ so far as the facts in this case, disclose, until the 15th day of December following. The facts and the…
1Opinion of the Court
DENSON, J. —
This is an action by a shipper against a common carrier for damages arising from a failure to deliver cotton at the point of destination within a reasonable time after the cotton was delivered to the carrier and accepted by it for shipment. The cotton was delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant in two lots of 11 and 12 bales, respectively, on the 25th and 26th days of November, 1904, at Randolph, Ala,, a station on its line of road.
In some of the counts of the complaint it is alleged that the cotton was shipped to be delivered “to- order Gary, Kennedy & Go.-, at Selma,…
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