Southern Ry. Co. v. Varnell

Plaintiffs brought this action against the defendants to recover the value of a carload of roofing shipped to them from the Ruberoid Company, of Mobile, Alabama, under a Uniform Straight Bill of Lading, on April 22, 1947. This carload of roofing was destroyed by fire before daylight on the morning of April 29, 1947, after it had been placed for unloading on a track adjoining a building, a part of which plaintiffs leased and used for a warehouse.

Plaintiffs allege in the first count of their declaration that defendants contracted to transport and deliver the carload of roofing to them in…