Mills v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Brand. Clarke superior court. January 9, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. An action for damages on account of injury to personal property, resulting from negligence, must be brought in the name of the person who was the holder of the legal title to the property at the time of the injury. Civil Code, § 5517.
2. The rule in this State is: “When a bill of lading is attached to a draft drawn on a third person, it will be treated as security for the draft, and neither title to the goods, nor right to the bill of lading, will pass to the drawee until, as required therein, he accepts, or accepts and secures, or pays the draft, as the case may be.” Civil Code, § 4134.
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