Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. W. C. Craig & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. . Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. Suit hy W.. C. Craig & Co. against the Yazoo & Mississippi Yalley Eailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
In April, 1909, appellee, W. C. Craig & Co., cotton merchants, filed with appellant, Yazoo & Mississippi Yalley *298Railroad Company, four claims against appellant for loss on cotton shipped over appellant’s railroad, and in March or April, 1910, appellee filed with appellant a- claim of similar character, which several claims were paid by appellant in February, 1911, the several amounts thereof being, respectively, two hundred and forty-one dollars and eleven cents; two hundred and seventy-six dollars and fifty-three cents; two hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-eight cents; four hundred…
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