Morley Cypress Co. v. Hines

This is a suit to recover from a carrier the invoice price of a carload shipment, on an order bill of lading, on the allegation that the shipment was delivered by the carrier to the party to be notified without surrender of the hill of lading. Answering the suit, the defendant denied that the shipment was delivered, and averred that it was abandoned by the shipper and was sold by the carrier for the charges against it, leaving a balance of $2,156.99 due on the charges, for which the defendant asked for judgment as plaintiff in reconvention. There was judgment for defendant rejecting…