Southern Railway Co. v. Dinkins & Davidson Hardware Co.

Dinkins and Davidson Hardware Company brought suit against the Southern Bailway Company, to recover the value of a trunk of sample goods which had "been checked as baggage by the railway company at the instance of the plaintiff’s traveling salesman. The salesman had purchased from the defendant a book containing mileage and baggage coupons, the former entitling the purchaser to travel as a passenger the number of miles represented by the coupons, the latter to be used for the transportation of his baggage. This book was sold and purchased under a written contract between the purchaser and the…