Gramling Electric Refrigeration, Inc. v. Southern Ry. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

This is an action for damages, $77.70‘, the value of an electric refrigerator, received by the defendant in Atlanta, Ga., for shipment by the General Electric Company, to itself at Orangeburg, S. C. It was what is known as an “order notify” shipment; the intended consignee being the plaintiff Gramling Electric Refrigeration, Inc. The refrigerator was crated so that its condition could not be ascertained by inspection. The crate was in apparent good condition, and was receipted for by the defendant carrier as in that condition,…