Ingram v. Hines, Dir. Gen.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Action for $740.95 damages, on account of the loss of three mules shipped over the Seaboard Air Dine Railway, from Atlanta, Ga., to Pageland, S. C., on January 22, 1920. Upon trial the plaintiff had a verdict for the full amount claimed, but upon motion of defendant the Circuit Judge ordered a new trial, and from this order the plaintiff has appealed.

The evidence tends to establish the following facts:

The plaintiff purchased in Atlanta 19 mules and 2 horses oh January 22, 1920, which he prepared to ship to Page-land, S. C., in…