Southern Express Co. v. Whittle
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. Gaston Gunter. Bill by J. E. Whittle against the Southern Express Company to compel it to receive and transport from Pensacola, Florida, to Earner, Alabama, a shipment of intoxicating liquors. From a decree granting a mandatory injunction, respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, J. —
The complainant, Whittle, filed this hill against the Southern Express Company to compel it to receive at and transport from Pensacola, Fla., to Earner, Ala., a shipment of intoxicating liquors, viz., whisky, consisting of six quarts. Whittle was and is engaged in the liquor business in Pensacola, and, having received an order, accompanied by the requisite cash price, from Fletcher Farmer, who resides at Earner, Ala., and who was one of Whittle’s customers, for the six quarts of whisky mentioned, tendered the shipment to the common carrier at Pensacola, Fla., for transportation…
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