Shellnut v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Freeman. Haralson superior court. February 6, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The plaintiff’s suit was for the conversion of thirty-three described- bales of cotton, of the value of $1,800, which were alleged to have been wrongfully taken and carried away by the railroad company. On the trial the plaintiff testified, in substance, as follows: He was familiar with the buying and selling of cotton, and had been shipping cotton for several years. The cotton sued for was part of a lot of 300 bales which he had bought and which he was negotiating to sell to the E. S. Ehney Cotton Company of Atlanta, through their agent, S. O. Haney, with whom plaintiff was dealing…
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