Stewart, Ralph & Co. v. Gracy & Bro.

The object of this bill is to hold the defendants liable for the value of twenty-two hogsheads of tobacco which were destroyed by fire while stored in the Banner "Warehouse, in. the city of Clarksville. The theory of the bill is that Gracy & Bro. were common carriers, engaged in running a line of drays for the transportation of freight; that there had been a constructive delivery of the tobacco to this firm of carriers, and they are liable, first, for negligence in. not removing the tobacco from the Banner Warehouse to the Grange Warehouse. It is further insisted by complainants that,…