Haas v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf RailRoad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Strikes. Damages. Profits. Bills of lading. Indorsement. Negotiable instruments. Assignment. Practice. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The only question argued before us in this case was, whether the verdict was contrary to the evidence or not. "We have carefully examined the evidence sent up in the record, and we think that the verdict was right.
The plaintiff brought suit by attachment upon a contract or bill of lading, made by the defendant in Kansas City, whereby the defendant agreed with one Ayres to ship a certain quantity of flour from that place to Atlanta, Georgia, to the order of Ayres. Ayres, it seems, drew a draft on Haas, the plaintiff, and attached thereto the bill of lading. The amount of the…
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