Woodruff Oil & Fertilizer Co. v. Charleston & W. C. Railway Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Baker.

This was an action for alleged damages brought against appellants jointly arising, out of a shipment of cotton seed meal by respondent, to order of respondent, from Wood-ruff, S. C., to Brevard, N. C., over, the railroads of appellants, the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Company being the initial carrier, and Southern Railway Company, the connecting and terminal carrier. The contract of carriage contained an order notify clause to. W. S. Ashworth & Sons of Brevard, N. C., and provided that the shipment was to be and was on the…