Vaughan v. Prov. Worces. R.R. Co.

The cotton in question was purchased in Texas. The original bill of lading, given at Shreveport, La., Feb. 12, 1880, acknowledges the receipt of it in good condition, c., to be delivered in Providence, R.I., on paying a certain stipulated rate of freight; "rates guaranteed to Providence, R.I." The word Providence was on the bales. The owner's name was not on them, but the cotton was described by other marks.

The cotton seems to have arrived safely at New York, and thence, instead of being forwarded to Providence by a more direct route, was sent to Chicopee, Mass. The mistake seems to have been…