Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Birmingham Sand & Brick Co.
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. C. Nesmith. Assumpsit by the Central of Georgia Bailway Company against the Birmingham Sand & Brick Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. C. Nesmith. Assumpsit by the Central of Georgia Bailway Company against the Birmingham Sand & Brick Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. It is agreed in the above-styled cause that the following are the facts: That during the years 1909 and 1910, defendant purchased from the Columbus Concrete Supply Company, of Columbus, Ga., certain car loads of sand, to wit, 63 car loads, which were shipped from tbe sand pit of the said Columbus Concrete Supply Co., at Bull Creek, Ga., a station on the Seaboard Air Line Railway,…
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, J. —
This suit is on the common counts and ón a special count setting out the facts, and is brought by the appellant, the Central of Georgia Railway Company, as a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, to recover of defendant, as the consignee of several car load shipments of sand,, the difference in the *423freight on the same, amounting in the aggregate to $682.38, between 52% cents per ton, the rate of freight named in the several bills of lading on which the sand was shipped, and 80 cents per ton, the then existing lawful rate, from Columbus, Ga., where plaintiff received the…
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