Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Burns

When this ease was 'previously before this court (Burns v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., 6 Ga. App. 614, 65 S. E. 582) only one question was considered. This court held that the failure to deliver the shipment at destination in good order was not only a breach of the contract of carriage, but also a breach of the carrier’s public duty, each and both theoretically located at the place of performance, and that therefore the court erred in holding that it had no jurisdiction of the complaint. It appears, from the evidence in the present record, that Burns delivered to the Wabash Railroad…