Massee & Felton Lumber Co. v. Southern Railway Co.

1. Ordinarily the usual place for delivery of freight is the depot or warehouse where goods are customarily unloaded and delivered, but it has been held by this court that under an ordinary contract of open shipment, providing for unconditional delivery at a private sidetrack of the consignee, the carrier completes its contract for carriage and delivery by placing the goods on the consignee’s sidetrack as directed. Speir v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 37 Ga. App. 283 (2) (140 S. E. 43). Furthermore and in like manner it appears to be the general rule that where goods are shipped to a point on…