Mitchell & Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

On November 11, 1922,. J. B. Harris delivered to the Atlantic Coast Line Eailroad Company at Kirkland, Georgia, a bale of cotton consigned to J. N. Mitchell & Company at Tifton, Georgia. The draft attached to the bill of lading was paid by the consignee, and upon presentation of said bill of lading to the defendant’s agent at Tifton, and the payment of the freight due on the shipment, the agent gave to the consignee an order for the cotton on the Tifton Compress, which was the agent of the railroad company for compressing cotton. The compress company gave to J. N. Mitchell & Company a “due…