Speir & Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

George C. Speir & Company brought suit in trover against the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company for the value of 69 bales of cotton linters, alleged to have been wrongfully converted by the defendant. It is alleged that the cotton linters sued for were shipped from Hopewell, ARrginia, to Clio, South Carolina, consigned to the order of the plaintiff, “notify A. J. Calhoun, Jr., at Clio.” It is alleged that the cotton linters were originally purchased by the plaintiff from Calhoun, and shipped to the Virginia Cellulose Company, at Hopewell, Virginia, which company rejected the shipment, and…