L.M. Kirkpatrick Co. v. I.C.R. Co.

Appellants, L. M. Kirkpatrick Company, a partnership, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Copiah County against appellee to recover damages alleged to have been caused by unreasonable delay in the shipment of three carloads of tomatoes by appellants to customers in Canada over appellee’s line of railroad and its connecting carriers. The amount sued for was approximately $2,000. By agreement of the parties, the cause was tried before the circuit judge sitting as judge and jury upon the pleadings in the cause, agreed facts and testimony, resulting in a judgment in favor of appellee.…