Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Willingham

The Central of Georgia Railway Company brought suit to recover from E. G. Willingham & Sons an amount alleged to be due on freight charges. The case was tried upon an agreed-statement of facts, which was substantially as follows: Three cars of lumber were bought by E. G. Willingham & Sons from T. E. & A. W. Whittle of Thomaston, Georgia, which the latter agreed to deliver free on board cars/Atlanta, Georgia. In other words E. G. Willingham & Sons were to pay the freight on' the lumber from Thomaston, Georgia, to Atlanta, and deduct the amount thereof from the purchase price of the lumber, and…