Waxelbaum v. Southern Railway Co.

J. J. Waxelbaum, trading as J. J. Waxelbaum & Company, sued Central of Georgia Railway and Southern Railway Company for $493 as damages to a carload of peaches shipped by the plaintiff in error from Goggins, Ga., July 18, 1906, to Seeseel & Ashner at Memphis, Tenn. The damages claimed are for the alleged negligence of the carriers in failing to properly re-ice and care for the peaches while en route. The suit was dismissed as to the Central of Georgia Bail-way, and in a jury trial judgment was rendered in favor of the Southern Bailway Company in bar of the action and for costs, and Waxelbaum…