Leigh Ellis & Co. v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; Samuel H. Sibley, Judge. Action at law by Leigh Ellis & Co. against James C. Davis, Federal Agent. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Per curiam
This was a suit, brought January 28, 1921, by the holder of two bills of lading issued by the Director General of Railroads on, respectively, March 25, 1918, and March 26, 1918, for cotton shipped, against the Agent designated by the President under the provision of section 206 of the Transportation Act of 1920. .The claim asserted was based on the alleged fact that the cotton delivered weighed greatly less than the weights stated in the bills of lading. For reasons sufficiently stated in the opinion rendered by the District Judge (Leigh Ellis & Co., v. Payne, 274 Fed. 443), we are of opinion…
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- Ellis v. PayneDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1921
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