Legal Opinion
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Willis
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 1916PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Special Judge. Suit by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company against Floyd Willis. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Holden, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.-
The appellant railroad company, plaintiff in the court below, sued the appellee, Floyd Willis, defendant in the court below, and from a judgment in favor of appellee it prosecutes this appeal.
Statement of Facts.
The agreed statement of facts is here set out:
“Floyd Willis, the defendant herein,.was a cotton dealer in the city of Jackson, Miss., and on October 23, 1906, he shipped over the Yazoo & Mississippi Yalley Railroad Company’s line one hundred bales of cotton from said city of Jackson to Williamsville, Mass., shipper’s order notify Woodward…
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