Legal Opinion
Whittier Mills Co. v. Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 17, 1937No. 26004Published
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, P. J.
1. A carrier is not liable for damage to a shipment of freight from an unexpected and unprecedented flood amounting to an act. of God where no negligence of the carrier in handling the shipment in any way contributed to the damage. Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co. v. Chicago &c. R. Co., 135 Minn. 363 (160 N. W. 1028); Southern Railway Co. v. International Vegetable Oil Co., 43 Ga. App. 489 (159 S. E. 773); Seaboard Air-Line Ry Co. v. Mullin, 70 Fla. 450 (70 So. 467, L. R. A. 1916D, 982, Ann. Cas. 1918A, 576); Moffatt Commission Co. v. Union Pacific R. Co., 113 Mo. App. 544 (88 S. W. 117).
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. MullinSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
- Moffatt Commission Co. v. Union Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Empire State Cattle Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas · 1905
- Lamar Manufacturing Co. v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906
- Herring v. Chesapeake & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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