Railway Express Agency Inc. v. Southern Gas Co.

Southern Gas Company sued Railway Express Agency Incorporated for damages to certain gas heaters shipped by Hopkins Equipment Company of Atlanta to the plaintiff as consignee. The petition alleged that of a shipment of 50 heaters 20 were so damaged upon receipt by the plaintiff as to be wholly worthless, and prayed for damages for the market value of the 20 heaters at $25 each or $500, plus interest and the $50 penalty as provided by the Code, § 18-319. Upon the trial the plaintiff introduced evidence from which the jury would have been authorized to find that the heaters were delivered to…