Illinois Central R. R. v. Brothers
Alabama Court of Appeals
Delay in Delivery of Freight. Appeal from Birmingham Ctiy Court, Heard before Hon. John H. Miller. Action by I. S. Brothers against The Illinois Cent. R. R. Co. for damages for failure to promptly deliver freight. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Delay in Delivery of Freight. Appeal from Birmingham Ctiy Court, Heard before Hon. John H. Miller. Action by I. S. Brothers against The Illinois Cent. R. R. Co. for damages for failure to promptly deliver freight. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. General profits expected to arise from collateral engagements are not recoverable in an action for breach of contract to deliver a chattel, where the profits to be made by the use of such,chattel are necessarily speculative, uncertain and incapable of proof. — Reed L. Go. v. Lewis, 94 Ala. 696; Wails on v. Kirby, 112 Ala. 436; Southern…
1Opinion of the CourtCrum, J.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company received from the Gullett Gin Company, at Gullett, La., a cotton gin outfit consigned to-1. S. Brothers, Tumlin Gap, Ala. The car containing this shipment, after an unreasonable delay, was delivered to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a connecting carrier, at New Orleans, La., agreeably to the bill of lading. The ■complaint alleges, and the evidence tends to show, that during the time intervening between the delivery of the gin to the initial carrier and the time it reach its desti*353nation, 300 bales of cotton had been tendered to consignee by…
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- Cassells' Mill v. Strater Bros. Grain Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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