Moore v. Hill

This suit is brought to recover the proceeds of a certain lot of cotton as the property of the plaintiffs, which it is claimed was wrongfully converted by defendants to their own use. There is no controversy or dispute as to the material facts of the case, which are the foL lowing: In December, 1885, the plaintiffs were the consignees and owners of 79 bales of cotton, which were shipped to them from points on the Tennessee river near Huntsville, Ala., by the' steam-boat Myra, to be carried to Chattanooga,, and from there reshipped by way of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad to the plaintiffs…