McCain v. Cochran

The declaration in this case was filed in the circuit court of Lauderdale county by McCain and Arky, appellants here, demanding- payment of two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars actual and punitive damages, of and from Cochran and Rothenberg, for alleged false representations made in the sale of a considerable quantity of timber, a sawmill outfit, a dry kiln, and a railroad about twelve miles long, operating from the sawmill in Mississippi to a point in Alabama connecting with the outer world; also the tramroad and appurtenances connected with the operation of a sawmill plant.

The…