Davis v. Seigel

This suit was brought in the city court of Bainhridge, for the purpose of recovering the value of certain dry-goods alleged to have been shipped from Baltimore, Md., to Bainbridge, Ga. The suit was brought against James C. Davis, Federal agent, operating the Merchants & Miners Transportation Company and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The defendant demurred to the petition, contending that it was impossible to tell whether the suit was a suit on contract or a suit for a tort, and whether.the suit was against James C. Davis as Federal agent in control of railroads generally and as to all of…