Sloan v. Carolina Central Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN for damages upon two alleged causes of action, (1) claim for damages for alleged wrongful allowance of inspection of a lot of cotton; (1) for wrongful claim of demurrage, amounting to $99, paid under protest, tried before Allen, J., at March Term, 1900, of the Superior Court of MbcKLKNbuRG County. There was a demurrer filed applicable to the first cause ■of action. The demurrer was sustained and the cause dismissed. Plaintiff excepted, and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The complaint avers that one Warlick had a •contract with the Henrietta Cotton Mills for the purchase of cotton, under which he bought a lot of cotton; that he took a bill of lading therefor, “to order, notify S. B. Tanner, treasurer,” (who was treasurer of the Henrietta Mills) ; that he •drew a draft on said Tanner, treasurer, for the price of the •cotton, which he endorsed with the bill of lading attached, for value, to the plaintiff. It is further alleged that the defendant company wrongfully and carelessly permitted the Henrietta Mills, to examine the cotton without production of the bill…
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- Burrell v. . HughesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
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