MISSOURI PACIFIC v. PORTER

No. 107.

273 U.S. 341 (1927)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. PORTER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Thos. T. Railey, Edward J. White, E.B. Kinsworthy, and Robert E. Wiley, for the plaintiff in error, submitted.

Mr. J.C. Marshall for the defendant in error, submitted.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

October 21, 1920, at Earle, Arkansas, defendants in error delivered to plaintiff in error seventy-five bales of cotton for transportation to Liverpool, England. The carrier issued to the shippers an export bill of lading in two parts: the first covered the inland haul from Earle to Brunswick, Georgia, designated as port A, and the second covered the ocean carriage from Brunswick to Liverpool, designated as port...

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