Southern Railway Co. v. Adams

Little, J,,

Adams instituted an action against the Southern Railway Company, to recover damages in the sum of $80, which he alleged he had sustained in the shipment of a car-load of cattle from Lavonia, Georgia, to Norfolk, Virginia. He claimed that he was injured by the negligence of the company in causing unreasonable delay in the transportation of said cattle, on account of which they had deteriorated in value. Attached to his petition was a written contract into which the parties entered at the time the shipment was made. This contract is in the usual form of contracts for the…