Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Avant

Simmons, Justice.

It appears, from the record in this case, that J. R. Avant brought suit in the city court of Macon against the Central Railroad and Banking Company, for the sum of $300 and interest. He alleges in his petition that

“ Said railroad company did, on. the loth of July, 1886, agree and contract to carry, ship and deliver two car-loads of melons, seventy and one hundred and seventy-eight, to J. S. Duckwald, Indianapolis, Indiana, from Waldron, Georgia; that said melons were the property of the petitioner, and worth the net sum of $100 each; that said railroad company failed and…