Alabama & V. Ry. Co. v. American Cotton Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error, to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi; Henry C. Niles, Judge. Action by the American Cotton Oil Company against Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company and another. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
The American Cotton Oil Company, on March 16, 1914, contracted to purchase cotton seed oil from the Caldwell Cotton Oil Company of Vicksburg. It delivered to the latter company, on a spur of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, which connected with the plant of the Cotton Oil Company, one of its own oil tank cars, for the loading of the purchased oil. After loading, the car was delivered to the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company for shipment, and that company issued its bill of lading to the Caldwell Cotton Oil Company, “notify the American Oil Company at…
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