Robert S. Armstrong Bros. Co. v. Rowland

The defendant sold and shipped from Lineville, Ala., to the plaintiff at Atlanta, Ga., a carload of iron pipe. The .terms of sale were 55 cents per foot, f.’o. b. Atlanta. The shipment wasi made: “To or"der, notify plaintiff.” The defendant upon shipment drew a draft for the price of the pipe, less $116.15, estimated for freight, and attached same to the bill of lading, which was sent through the usual channels to plaintiff, and paid by it. When the shipment arrived at its destination, the delivering carrier, the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, demanded and received of plaintiff, as freight on…