Georgia Railroad v. Gouedy

A merchant in Union, S. C., ordered a carload of corn from a dealer in Nashville, Tenn. It was shipped from Nashville and arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, to be forwarded by the Georgia Railroad Co. to Union. Werner was the local agent of the company in Atlanta. Gouedy was employed by the company as Werner's billing clerk, and charged with the duty of rebilling cars of this description to their destinations. In rebilling this particular car, Gouedy marked it for Marion, S. C. When it arrived at that place, there was no consignee to receive it. It was finally traced and sent to Union, its original…