Railroad v. Gilbert, Parkes & Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Davidson County. W. K. McAlistek, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
On October 18, 1885, W. E. Embry, as agent of Gilbert, Parkes & Co., delivered seven bales of cotton to the Louisville and Hashville Railroad Company, at Columbia, Tenn., for shipment to his principals at Hashville.
Before its departui’e, and while yet in' the depot of the company at Columbia, the cotton was destroyed by fire.
■ Thereafter Gilbert, Parkes & Co. sued the railroad company for non-delivery. The action originated before a Justice of the Peace, from whose judgment there was • an appeal to the Circuit Court at Hashville. There the case was tried by his Honor, the Circuit Judge,…
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