Reid v. Southern Railway Co.

Action for penalty under Revisal, sec. 2631, for refusal to "receive for transportation" a carload of shingles tendered to defendant's agent at Rutherfordton, 2 July, 1906, for shipment to consignee at Scottsville, Tenn. The plaintiff testified that he tendered prepayment of freight, and repeatedly, on many succeeding days, asked that the car be shipped, and offered to prepay freight. The agent refused to ship because he said he did not know where Scottsville was, nor the rate. The plaintiff told the agent that Scottsville was near Knoxville, which is a station on defendant's road. On 17…