Southern Express Co. v. B. R. Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Eeid. City court of Atlanta. December 2, 1905. According to tbe allegations of the petition filed in this case, the B. E.'Electric Co., on November 25, 1903, delivered to the Southern Express Company a certain shipment of tbe value of $214, addressed to the Elberton City E. L. Co., Elberton, Ga.; but tbe express company did not make delivery of tbe shipment to tbe ■consignee, and upon subsequent demand of plaintiff, made in Atlanta, Ga., failed'and…
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Complaint. Before Judge Eeid. City court of Atlanta. December 2, 1905. According to tbe allegations of the petition filed in this case, the B. E.'Electric Co., on November 25, 1903, delivered to the Southern Express Company a certain shipment of tbe value of $214, addressed to the Elberton City E. L. Co., Elberton, Ga.; but tbe express company did not make delivery of tbe shipment to tbe ■consignee, and upon subsequent demand of plaintiff, made in Atlanta, Ga., failed'and refused to return the property of the jjlaintiff or to pay the value of tbe same. Tbe defendant filed an answer making a…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
(After stating the facts.)
1. The plaintiff’s petition was framed under a general law which provides that “The court sitting in the county where goods are received for shipment, or where goods are to be delivered, shall have *475jurisdiction over all express companies, which now do or may hereafter do business in this State, and the judgment shall bind all the property of said companies.” Civil Code, § 2004. This general law was of force when, in 1886, the Southern Express Company was granted a charter which provided that suits against it might be commenced and served in the same manner as suits…
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