Hoyt v. Transfreight Lines, Inc.

Birdsong, Judge.

Scope of Review on Certiorari. The appellant Harvey Hoyt shipped his personal household goods and belongings from England to Atlanta. He consigned those goods to Transfreight Lines, Inc. in England for shipment to New York. It appears that in New York the goods were further transhipped from New York to Atlanta by Allied Van Lines. Once delivered to Hoyt’s home in Atlanta, Hoyt engaged the appellee, Cathcart Allied Storage Co. Inc., to unpack the goods. Work orders indicate that on two different days in October 1978, Cathcart moved some luggage from a hotel to Hoyt’s residence…