Loyd v. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad

Citations

• 88 Miss. 422
• 40 So. 1005

Syllabus

<p>Railroads.. Carriers. Bills of lading. Code 1892, § 4299. Evidence. Receipt of goods.</p> <p>Under Code 1892, § 4299, providing tliat a bill of lading shall be conclusive evidence in the hands of a bona fide holder of the receipt of -the goods therein stated to have been received, a bill of lading issued by a railroad company acknowledging the receipt of a certain number of pounds of cotton is, in the hands of a bona -fide holder, binding on the company and precludes it from showing that it did not receive so much cotton.</p>