Southern Railway Co. v. Benton

It appears from the allegations of the petition brought by T. H. Benton against the Southern Railway Company that the plaintiff, desiring to ship a bale of cotton over the line of the defendant railway company, carried the bale of cotton to the depot of the defendant and placed it on a platform adjoining the depot. After he had properly tagged the cotton for shipment, the agent of the defendant in charge of its depot required that he place the cotton in the warehouse in said depot “if said proposed transaction of transportation be consummated between plaintiff and defendant to their mutual…