Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Pritchard, Matthews & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. ' Contracts. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1886. . . To-the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only that the testimony for the plaintiff showed, in brief, as follows: They bought a still-worm from McMillan Bros., of Savannah, and directed it to be shipped to Lumber City, with freight to be .collected at destination, which was done.
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Railroads. Damages. Negligence. ' Contracts. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1886. . . To-the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only that the testimony for the plaintiff showed, in brief, as follows: They bought a still-worm from McMillan Bros., of Savannah, and directed it to be shipped to Lumber City, with freight to be .collected at destination, which was done. In order to transport freight from Savannah to Lumber City, it was carried from Savannah to Jesup by the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, and thence to…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The plaintiffs, who were engaged in gathering crude turpentine and manufacturing it into spirits and rosin, brought suit against the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company for failing to deliver to them the worm of a turpentine still which they had shipped by their road, from Savannah to Lumber City, on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. It seems from the evidence that the worm was carried to Cochran, on the latter railroad, where it was delivered in the depot, and from there it Avas carried to the distillery of another party, some eight miles into the…
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