Tallon v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

Moss, Chief Justice:

L. A. Tallón, trading as Tallón Grain Company, the respondent herein, brought this action against Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, the appellant herein, seeking to recover the value of 1,436 bushels of soybeans, in the amount of $4,724.44, allegedly lost after they had been delivered to the appellant for carriage from Cartersville, South Carolina, to Fayetteville, North Carolina.

The appellant, by answer, admits “that on or about March 4, 1972, the plaintiff delivered to the defendant soybeans at or near Cartersville, South Carolina, for carriage by the defendant to…