Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Tifton Produce Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 11, 1934No. 10213PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The Court of Appeals certified the following question : “Where after a shipper, who is both the consignor and the consignee, of freight which had been delivered to the carrier for transportation, refuses to accept delivery of the freight from the carrier at the point of destination, or to pay the freight charges, where the freight which was perishable, being a car-load of watermelons, had depreciated in value, due to the delay in the shipment by the fault of the carrier, and the goods which are of some value are afterwards sold by the carrier and the proceeds applied towards a reduction of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Fain v. WilkersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
- Southern Express Co. v. HanawSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Bates v. BigbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Wilensky v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Carr & Co. v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Fraser-Smith Company, Farmers Elevator Company of Traer, Iowa, and Johnson Feed and Grain Company v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Tifton Produce Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
- F. J. McCarty Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1968
- Pilgrim Distribut. Corp. v. Terminal Transp. Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1974
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Tifton Produce Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
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