Southern Railway Co. v. Russell

This action originated in a warrant in the Civil Justice’s Court of the city of Richmond. The civil justice’s court rendered a judgment against the railway company for $100 and the costs, from which judgment the railway company appealed to the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond. In the latter court there was a trial de novo before a jury, and a verdict and judgment against the railway for $90 and interest and costs. To that judgment the writ of error in this ease was awarded.

The action was to recover for damage to a carload of watermelons shipped from a point in Georgia to the…