Reynolds Aluminum Supply Co. v. Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.

Carlisle, Presiding Judge.

The petition in the instant case, stripped of surplusage, alleges that certain goods were shipped by the manufacturer for the plaintiff over the defendant’s motor carrier route consigned to a third party; that the plaintiff was the owner of the goods and the holder by transfer of the bill of lading; that the goods were specially manufactured for the consignee to its specifications and that there was no general market for the goods at the destination at the time of delivery; that the bill of lading carried a notation that “slightest damage makes useless”; that the…