Hunter, Pearce & Battey v. Lawton-Anderson Co.

The writ of error in the present case challenges the correctness of the judgment directing a verdict for the defendant. The suit was one in trover, brought to recover two bales of sea-island cotton, and the facts (which are not in controversy), briefly stated, are as follows: * The two bales of cotton were shipped by J.-T. Wright & Son to the plaintiffs, Hunter, Pearce & Battey, of Savannah, Ga. The Central of Georgia Railway Company issued to Hunter, Pearce & Battey a bill of lading covering these two bales, but subsequently, through an error on the, part of an agent of the railway company,…