Jett v. Southern Ry. Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — Vorr A. Huefakeb,, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
MA Justice Gkeen
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This suit was brought by Jett & Brooks, produce dealers of Knoxville, against the Southern Eailway Company, before a justice of the peace, in the language of the warrant, to recover “damages under $500 for negligence, recklessness and carelessness as common carriers in the delay at Macon, Georgia, and other places on line of shipment of a car No. 42584 of poultry from Knoxville, Tennessee,, to Jacksonville, Florida, for said Jett & Brooks, November 24, 1911, of over eighteen hours and delay in setting and delivering .car at Jacksonville,…
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