Legal Opinion

Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Sigma Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 22, 1910PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Houston Circuit Court- Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Action by the Sigma Lumber Company against the Central of Georgia Railway Company for damages for the destruction of lumber. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.

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Appeal from Houston Circuit Court- Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Action by the Sigma Lumber Company against the Central of Georgia Railway Company for damages for the destruction of lumber. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The court erred in overruling appellant’s demurrers to counts 1 and 2, and in refusing’ to give charges 11, 16 and 20. — Missouri K. £ T. R. R. Co. v. Witherspoon, 38 S. W. 833; Inman v. St. Louis, 37 S'. W. 37; international v. Starts, 33 SW 575; Hutchinson on Carriers, Yol. 3, sec. 1370. The duty on the part of the appellant to transport the lumber is…

1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.

Count 1 avers a course of dealing between the parties in respect to the receipt of lumber for *629shipment from plaintiff’s mill. Defendant maintained a side track at plaintiff’s mill, bnt bad there no office or agent. It is to be inferred, of course, that the side track was maintained for the mutual convenience of the parties in the shipment of lumber. In pursuance of its usual practice defendant, on plaintiff’s request, placed two cars upon the side track to be loaded by plaintiff Avith lumber for transportation on March 16, 1908. Plaintiff notified defendant’s conductor on its train going east…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Steele v. TownsendSupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
  2. Wood v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
  3. Clark v. . Ulster Delaware R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1907
  4. Ala. Gt. So. Railroad v. Mt. Vernon Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1887
  5. Ala.Great Southern R.R. v. Quarles & CouturieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. National Importing & Trading Co. v. E. A. Bear & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Behrman v. A.C.L.R. R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1921
  3. Ex Parte Alabama Great Southern R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  4. Julius Kessler & Co. v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  5. Campbell v. Los Angeles & S. L. R. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1928

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