Sellers v. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co.

The plaintiff, Philip Sellers, purchased a bill of goods from a mercantile firm in Brunswick, Ga., and gave directions to have the goods shipped to him at Statenville, Ga. The goods duly arrived at that station over the line of the defendant railway company, and the plaintiff called upon the local agent to deliver them to him. They were marked with his initials, “ P. S.” The agent declined to make delivery to him. According to the testimony of the plaintiff, the reason assigned by the agent for refusing to do so was that he had not received the way-bill and did not know the amount of the…