Fretwell v. Southern Railway Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fraser.

The appellant’s statement is as follows:

“This is a case in which the plaintiffs-appellants sued the Southern Railway Company for the loss in weight of a shipment of corn from Indianapolis to Spartanburg, S. C. The plaintiffs introduced evidence showing the amount of corn in the car when it was loaded in Indianapolis, the amount that was in the car when it arrived in Spartanburg, and the market value of the actual loss in the two weights at the point of destination at the time it was delivered. The defendant did not offer any evidence…