Massee & Felton Lumber, Co. v. Georgia & Florida Railway

The lumber company brought an action to recover damages from the railway company for the destruction of an engine attached to the plaintiff’s logging train, which, while operating, under a contract, over the main line of the railway company, was destroyed in a collision with an extra train of the railway company. It was alleged that the collision resulted from the negligence of employees of the railway company. The railway company relied upon a contract which it insists protected it from liability for damages, in that under its provisions the lumber company assumed all the risks of operating…