Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Davidson

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

This case concerns an interstate shipment of a carload of green, round, string-less beans, from Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama, to Cincinnati, Ohio.

Plaintiff’s suit was against the initial carrier upon which he recovered a judgment for its alleged failure to transport and deliver said carload of beans to the consignee within a reasonable time.

Upon the trial of the case the testimony disclosed without substantial dispute that the appellant company, the initial carrier, placed a refrigerator freight car, Brex. No. 75375, on its side tracks at Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama,…