Alabama G. S. R. R. v. H. Altman Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Foster. Action by Drewry, Hughes & Co. against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. The complaint was amended by substituting IT. Altman & Co. and others as plaintiffs, for use of Drewry, Hughes & Co. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Foster. Action by Drewry, Hughes & Co. against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. The complaint was amended by substituting IT. Altman & Co. and others as plaintiffs, for use of Drewry, Hughes & Co. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. As originally filed, the complaint was for $1,327.61, for the failure to deliver certain goods — to wit, 28 cases of Caledonia outing — received by defendant as common carrier to be delivered to the following parties: (Here follows the number of cases consigned to each party…
1Opinion of the Court
ns GRAFEENRIED, J.
In this case Drewry, Hughes & Co., a corporation, sold to a large number of people separate lots of cotton cloth. Each purchase was independent of, and had no connection 'whatever with, any other purchase. Indeed, the several purchasers lived in different states, and had no connection with each other. Drewry, Hughes & Co. bought the cloth which it sold to these purchasers from a cotton mill fat Cottondale, and the cotton mill, acting under the orders of Drewry, Hughes & Co., shipped the goods, in separate, distinct lots, to such purchasers. Each purchaser’s goods were put in…
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