Case Name: LEIGH ELLIS & CO. v. DAVIS, Agent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1921-10-25
Citations: 276 F. 400
Docket Number: No. 3755
Parties: LEIGH ELLIS & CO. v. DAVIS, Agent.
Judges: Before WALKER, BRYAN, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 276
Pages: 400–401

Head Matter:
LEIGH ELLIS & CO. v. DAVIS, Agent.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
October 25, 1921.)
No. 3755.
Carriers <§=>160 — Action for short delivery held barred by limitation in bills of lading.
An action by the holder of bills of lading for cotton, issued by the Director General of Railroads, for short delivery, held barred by the provision in the bills requiring suits for loss, damage, or delay to be brought within two years and one day after delivery, or, in case of failure to make delivery, within two years and one day after a reasonable time for delivery has elapsed.
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; Samuel H. Sibley, Judge.
Action at law by Leigh Ellis & Co. against James C. Davis, Federal Agent. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
Affirmed.
For opinion below, see 274 Fed. 443.
Edgar Watkins, of Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs in error.
Walter T. Colquitt and John A. Hynds, both of Atlanta, Ga. (Col-quitt. & Conyers and Brandon & Hynds, all of Atlanta, Ga., on the brief), for defendant in error.
Before WALKER, BRYAN, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Certiorari denied 256 U. S. —, 42 Sup. Ct. 1ST, 66 L. Ed. —.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This was a suit, brought January 28, 1921, by the holder of two bills of lading issued by the Director General of Railroads on, respectively, March 25, 1918, and March 26, 1918, for cotton shipped, against the Agent designated by the President under the provision of section 206 of the Transportation Act of 1920. .The claim asserted was based on the alleged fact that the cotton delivered weighed greatly less than the weights stated in the bills of lading. For reasons sufficiently stated in the opinion rendered by the District Judge (Leigh Ellis & Co., v. Payne, 274 Fed. 443), we are of opinion that the suit was barred by the provision, in the bills of lading sued on, that—
"Suits for loss, damage, or" delay shall be instituted only within two years and one day after delivery of the property, or in case of failure to make delivery then within two years and one day after a reasonable time for delivery has elapsed."
It follows that the judgment should be affirmed; and it is so ordered.
Affirmed.