Oyler & Oyler v. Louisville & Nashville Rd.

Plaintiffs in error, who were plaintiffs below, brought their action against the defendants in error, defendants below, two intermediate carriers and a delivering carrier, for a joint tort.

The petition recites that the Agricultural Prod-, ucts & Warehouse Company shipped from Patterson, Ce orgia, TOO crates of sweet potatoes, consigned to its order at Cincinnati, Ohio, with instructions to notify plaintiffs, of which shipment the plaintiffs thereafter became the owners. It recites that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company delivered the shipment in Cincinnati on May 24, 1920, and that…