Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Skellie
Supreme Court of Georgia
Carriers. Contracts. Charge of court. Evidence. Practice. Before Judge Harris. City court of Macon. June term, 1890. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Skellie, Lowe and Everett sued the railroad company for damages. They alleged in their petition, in substance, that they made a contract with the railroad company to ship a car-load of peaches from Bummer-field on the line of defendant’s road to Savannah, G-a., and thence by steamer to New York; that the railroad company sent a car from Macon to Summerfield on Saturday, and they were to load it with peaches by Monday afternoon at four o’clock, when the" through-freight which passed Snmmerfield on its way to Savannah at that hour wasAo stop, take up the car and carry it to…
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