South & North Ala. Railroad v. Wood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Blount. Tried before the Hon. Louis Wyeth. This action was brought by Edmund-A. Wood, against the appellant, a domestic corporation, and was commenced before a justice of the peace, on the 12th July, 1876. On appeal to the Circuit Court, the plaintiff there filed a complaint, claiming “ seventy-five dollars as damages for the failure to deliver certain goods, the property of the plaintiff, viz., seventy-four bushels of corn, received by said…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Blount. Tried before the Hon. Louis Wyeth. This action was brought by Edmund-A. Wood, against the appellant, a domestic corporation, and was commenced before a justice of the peace, on the 12th July, 1876. On appeal to the Circuit Court, the plaintiff there filed a complaint, claiming “ seventy-five dollars as damages for the failure to deliver certain goods, the property of the plaintiff, viz., seventy-four bushels of corn, received by said defendant as a common carrier, to be delivered to L. K. Moss, at Jemison Station, Alabama, for a reward, which the…
1Opinion of the Court
SOMEB.YILLE, J,
This is an action brought by the appellee against the South and North Alabama Railroad Company, for the failure to deliver a'car-load of corn, received by the said company for transportation b] it as a common ear*172rier. There is no count in the complaint, seeking to charge the company on the ground of negligence in the custody of the goods, in its capacity as a warehouseman..
As a general rule, the undertaking of a common carrier, to transport goods to a particular destination, includes the obligation of a safe delivery of them to the consignee, or his authorized agent. And the…
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