Southeastern Express Co. v. Bowers, Inc., No. 6

This is an action for damages alleged to have resulted from the negligent delay of a shipment of hats consigned by Bowers, Inc., plaintiff below, to J. Silverman Bros., at New York City. Judgment in the sum of $300 was awarded by the circuit judge, sitting without the intervention of a jury, and the defendant below, Southeastern Express Company, has appealed in error to this court. We refer to the parties by name or as plaintiff and defendant, according to their status in the circuit court.

At the time of the transaction out of which this suit arose, plaintiff Bowers, Inc., operated the…