Gulf & S. I. R. Co. v. F. L. Riley Mercantile Co.

This was a bill by the appellee, F. L. Riley Mercantile Company, against appellant, Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company, brought in the chancery court of Jefferson Davis county, for a mandatory injunction against appellant to require delivery by the latter to the former of certain freight, about the delivery of which there was a controversy between the parties. There was a decree pro oonfesso and final decree against appellant, from which it prosecutes this appeal.

The bill sought to enforce the delivery of the freight in question to appellee, and for the recovery of damages against appellant…