Taylor, Cleveland & Co. v. Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Railroad

English, Ch. J.: /

On the 26th day of June, 1876, Taylor, Cleveland & Co. sued the Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railroad Company, (successors of the Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Orleans Railroad Company,) before a justice of the peace of Jefferson County, on a bill of lading.

The plaintiffs filed a formal complaint in writing, to which the defendant corporation filed an answer containing three paragraphs.

The plaintiffs obtained judgment before the justice of the peace, and the defendant appealed to the Circuit Court.

In the Circuit Court, the defendant withdrew the first and…