Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad v. Patterson

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Were the general demurrers properly overruled? Counsel for the defendant carrier contend that the petition should have been dismissed, on the ground that it failed to show that the damage to the mules, if they were damaged while they were in transit, occurred while they were being transported by the defendant carrier. They admit that the initial carrier would be responsible for any negligence of a connecting carrier which caused damage to a shipment being transported, on a through bill of lading,-from one State into another State, but they contend that the…