Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Yesbik
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari; from the Court of Appeals. On July 25, 1913, the Louisville and Nashville Eailroad Company through its agent at Mobile, Ala., upon receipt of a car-load of bananas, issued a bill of lading to the Eruit Dispatch Company, whereby the fruit was consigned to Joe Yesbik at Albany, Ga., routed via Montgomery and Central of Georgia Eailway Company, which latter company had an agency at Albany, Ga.
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Certiorari; from the Court of Appeals. On July 25, 1913, the Louisville and Nashville Eailroad Company through its agent at Mobile, Ala., upon receipt of a car-load of bananas, issued a bill of lading to the Eruit Dispatch Company, whereby the fruit was consigned to Joe Yesbik at Albany, Ga., routed via Montgomery and Central of Georgia Eailway Company, which latter company had an agency at Albany, Ga. When delivered to the consignee at the place of destination the bananas ■were in a damaged condition, and were sold by the consignee at a loss. Subsequently the consignee instituted in the…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
The question for decision relates only to the dismissal of the original petition, and the correctness of the ruling depends upon a proper construction and application of the Car-mack amendment to the act of Congress relating to interstate commerce. The case, having originated before the passage of the act of March 4, 1915 (Federal Statutes Annotated, Supp. 1916, p. 124), known as the Cummins amendment, is unaffected by the provisions of that act. It was declared in the Carmack amendment, “That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a…
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