Illinois Central Railroad v. E. E. Moore, D/B/A E. E. Moore and Company

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of an action for damages instituted against a common carrier for the value of 49 bales of cotton placed by plaintiff 1 Moore, a producer and shipper of cotton, upon defendant’s platform for receiving, loading and shipping cotton in bales, and destroyed by fire. Plaintiff was assignee of claims of a generally identical nature belonging to M. P. Moore and W. P. Callis.

A jury was waived and the court made detailed findings of fact which are amply sustained by the record. They are as follows:

On November 6, 1952, E. E. Moore, doing business as E. E.…