Southern Railway Co. v. Langley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chilton Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Action by W. W. Langley doing business as the Clan-ton Bottling Works, aaginst the Southern Railway Company, for damages for delay in shipment of goods. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals.
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Appeal from Chilton Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Action by W. W. Langley doing business as the Clan-ton Bottling Works, aaginst the Southern Railway Company, for damages for delay in shipment of goods. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals. The bill of lading was not admissible in evidence as it was not identified. — 115 Fed. 678. Unless defendant was informed of the particular circumstances, and the consequential damages which would flow from delay, the only damages recoverable was the deterioration of the goods themselves. In…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
— Appellee sued appellant for delay in delivering a lot of empty bottles. Tbe complaint was in Code form. See form 15, p. 1197, vol. 2, Code. The complaint was as follows: -“W. W. Langley, Doing Business under the Name and Style of ‘Clanton Bottling Works,’ Plaintiff v. Southern Railway Company, a Body Corporate, Defendant. The plaintiff, W. W. Langley, doing business under the name and style of •“Clanton Bottling Works,’ claims of the defendant, the Southern Railway Company, a body corporate, doing-business in Chilton county, state of Alabama, as a common carrier of passengers and freight-…
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