Davis v. Pharr Cotton Co.

When this case was here before, the holding of this court, as stated in the headnote (30 Ga. App. 570), was as follows: “Under the facts of this case the words ‘Via Union Compress at Augusta/ written in bills of lading issued in the State of Georgia for interstate shipments of cotton, amounted to a valid and enforceable contract requiring the carrier to compress at Augusta, Georgia, the cotton thus shipped, and did not constitute an unlawful or undue preference in favor of the shipper and against others similarly situated. The published tariffs having permitted the carrier to exercise an…