Smith v. Southern Express Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited Vandegrift v. Abbott, 75 Ala. 487; Couch v. Woodruff, 63 Ala. 473; Taylor v. Strickland, 37 Ala. 642; Wood v. Coman, 56 Ala. 283 ; L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Meyer, 78 Ala. 597 ; Cowan v. Sapp, 74 Ala. 44; Porter on Bills of Lading, §§ 65, 66 etseq., 173, 382-3-4; IBrick.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited Vandegrift v. Abbott, 75 Ala. 487; Couch v. Woodruff, 63 Ala. 473; Taylor v. Strickland, 37 Ala. 642; Wood v. Coman, 56 Ala. 283 ; L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Meyer, 78 Ala. 597 ; Cowan v. Sapp, 74 Ala. 44; Porter on Bills of Lading, §§ 65, 66 etseq., 173, 382-3-4; IBrick. Dig., 865, §§ 866-867. cited Hutchinson on Carriers, § 84a, and authorities there cited.
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
This was an action on the case by the appellant, Belle Smith, against the appellee, as a common carrier, to recover damages for thé failure Of the-defendant to collect, for plaintiff’s use, the sum of.money *388specified, on delivery to the consignee, of a valuable package shipped by her, C. O. D., to a party in Little Rock, Ark. The plaintiff’s case, substantially, is, that, having in her possession, as a pledge to secure a loan of $86.75, some valuable diamonds belonging to Miss Ada McCoy, of Little Rock, Ark., she was requested by Miss McCoy to ship the same to her, by express, C. O. D. the…
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