Bruhl v. Coleman

In March, 1895, E. E. Bruhl, the plaintiff, a merchant in Macon, received an order for jewels to be sent by express, purporting to have been written at Swainsboro, and signed “ J. O. Coleman, per W. H. C.” He sent the goods by express, in a package addressed to J. C. Coleman, who was a responsible merchant in Swainsboro. The nearest express office to this destination was Midville, from which station ran the Midville, Swainsboro & Red Bluff Railroad to Swainsboro. The express agent at Midville had a standing order from J. C. Coleman to deliver all express matter’ addressed to him to the…