Southern Express Co. v. S. & J. Palmer & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Pleading. Contracts. Negligence. Ratification. Statute of limitations. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1873. *S. & J. Palmer & Company brought case against the Southern Express Company for $1,000 00 damages.
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Pleading. Contracts. Negligence. Ratification. Statute of limitations. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1873. *S. & J. Palmer & Company brought case against the Southern Express Company for $1,000 00 damages. The defclaration contained the following allegations: That on October 26th, 1865, plaintiffs, by their agent, the Adams Express Company, delivered to the defendant, at Savannah, Georgia, a box containing goods and chattels of the value of $426 25, to be carried to Columbus, Georgia, and there to be delivered to plaintiffs. That the defendant, not regarding its…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
The facts of this case are precisely-the same as appeared in the case of the Southern Express Company vs. Shea, 38 Georgia, 531, and in the case of the Southern Express Company vs. Cohen & Menko, 45 Georgia, 148. It may be added, too, that the form of the action is also the same, to-wit: an action upon the case against the Express Company as a common carrier, for negligence. It would seem to follow, that this case must take the same course as did those cases. The decision in the case of Shea vs. The Southern Express Company necessarily follows from the unanimous decision of this…
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