Legal Opinion

Morrow v. Southern Express Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 20, 1897PublishedCited by 64 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Candler. Clayton superior court. September term, 1896.

1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.

The substance of the contract upon which Morrow relied, and for the breach of which this action for damages was instituted, was, that he had made arrangements with the Central Railroad Company, for as long as he desired, to receive and carry all the milk and butter which he would offer for shipment at and from a given point to Atlanta and return the vessels to the receiving point, at a given rate per thirty gallons; that while the railroad was carrying out this arrangement satisfactorily to him, by some arrangement between it and the Southern Express Company the latter took charge of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. McKinley v. WatkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  2. Dorsey v. PackwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
  3. Utica & Schenectady Railroad v. BrinckerhoffNew York Supreme Court · 1839
  4. Burnet v. BiscoNew York Supreme Court · 1809
  5. Keep v. GoodrichNew York Supreme Court · 1815

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. Parris & Son, Inc. v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  2. McCaw Manufacturing Co. v. Felder & RountreeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. Brown v. BowmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  4. Harrison & Garrett v. Wilson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Simpson & Harper v. Sanders & JenkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908

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