Atlantic & Birmingham Railway Co. v. Spires

L. C. Spires brought suit against the Atlantic and Birmingham Railway Company, in the city court of Douglas, for the sum of $113.75, being the value of 325 cross-ties alleged to belong to the plaintiff, and which were delivered to the defendant and consigned by the plaintiff to J. E. Broadhead at Brunswick, Ga. A bill of lading covering the property was'duly issued by the carrier and delivered to the shipper. It was alleged that the defendant did not deliver the cross-ties to the consignee, but did deliver them to the order of the Mercer Tie Company. The defendant answered said suit, denying…