Erwin Mills, Inc. v. Williams

This is a suit brought by the appellant against the appellees for the value of 12 bales of cotton which were being transferred from Greenwood, Mississippi, to Durham, North Carolina, and which were destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin near Maben Junction, Mississippi.

It was stipulated that neither of the defendants were guilty of any negligence in the transportation of the cargo in question, and that the sole and only question to be decided by the Court in this cause is whether from the *338language of the bill of lading the defendants, or either of them, assumed liability as common…