Green v. Southern Express Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Common-carriers. Before Judge Parrott. Whitfield Superior Court. June, 1871. Benjamin E. Green, “for the use of himself and the Dalton City Company, a corporation, and for the use of Duff Green,” sued said company, as a common-carrier', for the loss of a trunk and its contents, to-wit: “ many articles of great value, consisting of title papers to valuable tracts of land, promissory notes, and many other valuable papers; and also goods, wares and merchandize of great value,…
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Common-carriers. Before Judge Parrott. Whitfield Superior Court. June, 1871. Benjamin E. Green, “for the use of himself and the Dalton City Company, a corporation, and for the use of Duff Green,” sued said company, as a common-carrier', for the loss of a trunk and its contents, to-wit: “ many articles of great value, consisting of title papers to valuable tracts of land, promissory notes, and many other valuable papers; and also goods, wares and merchandize of great value, to-wit; of the value of $20,000.” No bill of particulars was attached to the petition. The defendant pleaded the general…
1Opinion of the Court
Montgomery, Judge.
1. It appears, by the receipt of the defendants in this case, produced by the plaintiff on the trial, that the latter shipped, at Montgomery, Alabama, a trunk, to be transported to Dalton, Georgia, by the defendants as common-carriers. The receipt bears date November 20, 1865, and states the value of the trunk and contents at $100. The evidence *307shows that the trunk was packed in July, 1863, with title-deeds and other papers and jewelry. The trunk was carried by a third party, after being packed, first to Pendleton, South Carolina, and then to Montgomery, Alabama. It remained…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Steele v. TownsendSupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
3Cited by4 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. HallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Southern Express Co. v. PopeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Wood v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Eiswald v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1878