Southern Grocery Co. v. Bush
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; W. B. Sorrells, Judge; 1. The liability of defendant as a common carrier had not terminated upon delivery to the compress company, but continued until the railway company had issued its release or clearance for the cotton.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; W. B. Sorrells, Judge; 1. The liability of defendant as a common carrier had not terminated upon delivery to the compress company, but continued until the railway company had issued its release or clearance for the cotton. It was proven that the railway company had established a custom of requiring consignees, before they could get cotton shipped to them, from the compress company, to pay the freight charges and then the railway company would issue its release or clearance. It was the fault of the railway company that the cotton was not delivered to…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Two suits are embraced in this appeal, both of which were brought to recover damages from appellee on account of the failure of the railway company to deliver certain shipments of cotton. The causes were consolidated and tried together, and are treated in the briefs as a single case.
Two consignments of cotton were shipped to appellant, the first consisting of thirty-one bales, and designated as the Peacock cotton. The second consisted of fifty-three bales, and is referred to by the witnesses as the Mears cotton. The Peacock cotton was received in Pine Bluff on November 16,1915, and was…
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