Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Southern Ferro Concrete Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Si-iarpe. Action by the Central of Georgia Railway Company against the Southern Ferro Concrete Company to recover for freight undercharges. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
During the years 1906 and 1907 the Southern Ferro Concrete Company bought of Kirkpatrick Sand & Cement Company and Alabama Sand & Supply Company a large quantity of sand, including the sand mentioned in the complaint, at a fixed price delivered at its works on the Birmingham Terminal Station, at Birmingham, Ala. The defendant, appellee here, had no voice in the selection of the points from which the sand was to be shipped, and no interest in the freight rate to be charged for the transportation of the sand from the initial shipping point to Birmingham Terminal Station. The sand was shipped…
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