Southern Express Co. v. Hess
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. M. J. Saffoll. This was an action brought by Adolph Hess, the appellee, against the Southern Express Company, for the failure to deliver certain jewelry received by it for transportation to Selma, Alabama.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. M. J. Saffoll. This was an action brought by Adolph Hess, the appellee, against the Southern Express Company, for the failure to deliver certain jewelry received by it for transportation to Selma, Alabama. The testimony showed that the jewelry together with other that xvas delivered to appellee, was in a package delivered by one A. Hirsch to the Adams Express Company at Louisville, Kentucky, and consigned to appellee at Selma, Alabama. The Adams Express Company gave the consignor a receipt or bill of lading stipulating for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
1. The appellee, who was plaintiff in the court below, was examined as a witness on interrogatories. The second interrogatory required him, if he had an invoice of the goods shipped, to append it to his answer, and to state the part of the goods received, and the part not received, with their value. He answers, appending the invoice; enumerates the articles not received, and the value of each, and then states — “the values attached to each article are the invoice prices, and the total value of the missing articles is one hundred and sixty-three and 25-100 dollars. An objection was made to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Steele v. TownsendSupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
- Southern Express Co. v. CrookSupreme Court of Alabama · 1870
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