Legal Opinion
Ragsdale, Harper & Weathers v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 3, 1904PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Action for damages. Before Judge Calhoun. City court of Atlanta. March 31,1903.
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
The plaintiffs’ stock was shipped under a special contract like that referred to in Williams v. Central Ry. Co., 117 Ga. 830, and Central Ry. Co. v. James, 117 Ga. 832. The case is controlled by the principle announced in those decisions. The shipper, in consideration of a lower freight rate, stipulated^hat he would examine the car in which the stock were to-be shipped; that he would have some one to accompany the stock and take charge thereof; and that he would relieve the company of damages caused by defects in the car or occasioned by the viciousness *628of the animals. The suggestion that a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. JamesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Williams v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
3Cited by5 opinions
- Kent v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1915
- Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. PriddyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
- Pappa v. PopeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
- Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. McRae & Bros.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
- In re Estate of James, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco1897