Legal Opinion
Central Railroad v. Dwight Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 9, 1886PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Contracts. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1885. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandkord, Justice.
The defendant in error brought their action against the plaintiff in error for the value of five bales of cotton lost in its transmission from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chicopee, Massachusetts, upon the following bill of lading:
“ Great Southern Freight Line via Savannah, Central Railroad Company.
Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 17, 1880.
Received of S. M. Inman & Company two hundred bales of cotton, marked and numbered as below, to be transported by the Central Railroad, for transportation by that line to Savannah, and thence shipped (with liberty to compress in Savannah) by connecting…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Southern Express Co. v. BarnesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1867
3Cited by4 opinions
- Central Railroad v. HasselkusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Pritchard, Matthews & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. KavanaughCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1899
- Joseph v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1892