Southern Railway Co. v. Gordon
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Appeal; from Floyd superior court — Judge Maddox. December 6, 1911. Gordon sued the Southern Railway Company in a justice’s court for the loss of 20 sacks of corn. On appeal the ease was tried in the superior court, and the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. The- defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and it excepted.
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Appeal; from Floyd superior court — Judge Maddox. December 6, 1911. Gordon sued the Southern Railway Company in a justice’s court for the loss of 20 sacks of corn. On appeal the ease was tried in the superior court, and the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. The- defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and it excepted. The following facts appeared from the evidence: A car-load of corn was shipped for the plaintiff from Nashville, Tennessee, to Cave Spring, a station on the defendant’s railway. The bill of lading was for “280 sacks of corn. Weight (subject to correction)…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
This case is fully controlled by the decision of this court in Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Cohn, 6 Ga. App. 572 (65 S. E. 355), and the request made to review and overrule the decision is denied.
Judgment affirmed.
Maddox, McCamy & Shumate, George A. H. Harris & Son, for plaintiff in error. M. B. Eubanks, contra.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Cohn & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909