Acme Fast Freight Inc. v. Southern Railway Co.

Acme East Freight Inc. (hereinafter called “Acme”) sued the Southern Eailway Company (hereinafter called “the Southern”) to recover $365.27, plus interest and costs of court. The judge, sitting without the intervention of a jury, rendered judgment for the defendant; a motion for new trial was overruled and the plaintiff excepted. The petition contained the following allegations: On October 21, 1937, Acme received at New York Oity a shipment from the Rockland Clothing Company, consigned via Acme to Sam Saul, doing business as “The Fair,” at Atlanta, Georgia. Said shipment consisted of two…