Railroad v. Cabinet Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
RROM MADISON. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Madison County. Levi S. Woods, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCai.dweui., J.
This is an action of damages by a shipper against a common carrier.
On the 26th of February, 1S98, the Southern Seating & Cabinet Company, of Jackson, Tenn., entered into a contract with W. A. R. Goodwin, rector to manufacture and put up certain pews in St. John’s Episcopal Church, at Petersburg, Ya., for the sum of $524. The contract contained a *570provision that the company “shall forfeit $10 per day for every day it fails to have pews in place after May 6, 1898,” but that provision was subsequently so changed as to waive the forfeiture if the pews should arrive at Petersburg by the third day…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jaquith v. HudsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1858
- Bird v. RailroadsTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
- Tennessee Manufacturing Co. v. JamesTennessee Supreme Court · 1892
- McDonald v. Unaka Timber Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1889
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. HaleTennessee Supreme Court · 1886
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