Southern Railway Co. v. Parramore

P. J. Parramore brought a suit against the Southern Railway Company, alleging that on a certain day he “ entered into a contract with said railway company, whereby it was to transport for petitioner five horses and four mules from Gaines-ville, Georgia, to Sanford, Florida, under the terms and conditions set out in said contract,” a copy of which was attached to his petition as an exhibit. He further alleged that while the stock was in transit, and while in the yards of the company at Atlanta, the door of the car in which the stock was shipped came open and one of the horses fell from the…