Chas. W. Shepherd Cotton Co. v. New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago R.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Árpe at. from, the circuit court of Chickasaw county. HpN. J. L. Bates, Judge. Suit by the Chas. W. Shephard Cotton Company against the New Orleans, Mobile Chicago Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
Chas. W. Sheppard Cotton Company filed suit in the First district of Chickasaw county against the New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Bailroad Company, alleging that on the 24th day of January, 1912, the defendant entered into a contract to transport and deliver from B. M. Hesdorffer Cotton Company, at Houston, Miss.; to Hyman Miller & Co. at New Orleans, La..v thirty-nine bales of cotton marked ECG of weight twenty thousand and nine hundred and twenty-five pounds, and twenty-six bales of cotton marked HAK weighing fourteen thousand, threehundred and forty-four pounds, valued at ten and fifty-two…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Arthur v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Hill Mfg. Co. v. New Orleans, M. & O. R. R.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1918
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- Adair v. Yazoo & M. v. R.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1926