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YAZOO & M.V.R.R. CO. v. NICHOLS & CO.

No. 216.

256 U.S. 540 (1921)

YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. v. NICHOLS & COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles N. Burch, with whom Mr. H.D. Minor, Mr. Clinton H. McKay and Mr. W.S. Horton were on the brief, for petitioners:

Mr. John W. Cutrer, with whom Mr. Sam C. Cook, Jr., and Mr. John C. Cutrer were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

In November, 1917, the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company issued to Nichols & Company a bill of lading for 31 bales of cotton which had been loaded into a box car at Alligator, Mississippi, for shipment to Memphis, Tennessee. Before the loaded car had been attached to any train or engine it was destroyed by fire. The shipper sued in a state court of...

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