New Orleans & N. E. R. v. Poplarville Sawmill Co.

The appellee, Poplar.ville Sawmill Company, a, Kentucky corporation, sued appellant, New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company, a Louisiana and Mississippi corporation, in the circuit court of Pearl River county for damages for an alleged breach of contract by appellant by the terms of which appellant leased to appellee twelve miles of relay rails and angle bars with the option on the part of appellee to purchase same, and recovered a judgment against appellant, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

The trial court directed a verdict for appellee on the issue of liability, and refused…