Johnson & Shahan v. East Tenn., Va. & Ga. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Carriers. Torts. Contracts. Railroads. Negligence. Evidence. Agency. Damages. Practice. Estoppel. Before W. J. Neel, judge pro hac vice. City court of Eloyd county.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The plaintiffs in error brought their action against the defendant in error, alleging, in substance, that they had purchased a certain quantity of fertilizers in Charleston, South Carolina, and shipped them over certain railroads to be delivered' at Skellie’s, a station on the line of the defendant, eighty-five miles from the point at which it received them from a connecting road on the 20th of March ; that it was the duty of the defendant as a common carrier to deliver the goods within a reasonable time from its reception of them, but that by its carelessness and negligence…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Evans & Ragland v. Atlanta & West Point RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co. v. Johnson & ShahanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Cohen & Menko v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1874
3Cited by13 opinions
- Jones v. HarrellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Freeman v. BrewsterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Burgess v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
- Southern Railway Co. v. Kinchen & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Inman & Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1908
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