Bewley-Darst Coal Co. v. Western & Atlantic Railroad

1. Where a common carrier waives prepayment and the consignee refuses to take the goods and pay the transportation charges, and the carrier, in strict conformity with law, sells the goods to enforce its lien for charges, and there is still a balance due, the consignor is liable to the carrier. Jelks v. Philadelphia & Reading R. Co., 14 Ga. App. 96 (80 S. E. 216). And this liability of the consignor under such circumstances applies as much to a charge for demurrage as to a freight or other lawful charge which the carrier is bound to collect. See also Seaboard Air-Line Ry. v. Shackelford, 5 Ga.…