Legal Opinion
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad v. Freight Delivery Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 21, 1974No. 49765PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eberhardt, Presiding Judge.
Seaboard entered into a drayage contract with Freight Delivery wherein the latter agreed to perform certain hauling, removing and loading of trailers (piggyback) as they came into Seaboard’s rail yard. It was in the performance of such service on October 8, 1968 that a trailer, loaded with beef hanging from the ceiling, was being moved within the yard by one of Freight Delivery’s drivers by one of its tractors, at the request of Seaboard. The trailer tires went into a ditch causing the load to swing, and the trailer overturned damaging both the trailer and the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Hodges v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- Batson-Cook Co. v. Georgia Marble Setting Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
- Eubanks v. MullisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
- Great American Indemnity Co. v. TickersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- McIntyre v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Hall v. Gardens Services, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Davis v. RobertsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
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