Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Tharpe
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Moultrie — Judge McKenzie. On October'28 a car-load of mules was delivered to tbe Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company at Columbia, Tennessee, to be shipped to the plaintiff at Moultrie, Georgia, over the lines of the Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company to Montgomery, Alabama, and from that point to Albany, Georgia, over the Central of Georgia, atfid fromAlbany to Moultrie over the lines of the Georgia Northern Eailway.
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Action for damages; from city court of Moultrie — Judge McKenzie. On October'28 a car-load of mules was delivered to tbe Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company at Columbia, Tennessee, to be shipped to the plaintiff at Moultrie, Georgia, over the lines of the Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company to Montgomery, Alabama, and from that point to Albany, Georgia, over the Central of Georgia, atfid fromAlbany to Moultrie over the lines of the Georgia Northern Eailway. The ear reached Montgomery on Saturday afternoon, October 29, and remained there over Sunday, arriving at Moultrie on the…
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1-2. It is argued in behalf of the defendant that if the plaintiff was entitled to recover at all, he could not recover more than $100 for each of the mules, that being the valuation agreed on in the contract of affreightment. While the liability of a carrier of live stock is somewhat different from that of a common carrier of other things, growing out of the inherent differences between live stock and inanimate property, nevertheless, a common carrier of goods which transports live stock is, as to such property, a corrímon carrier. In this State a common…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. HallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Central Railroad v. Pickett & BlairSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Cooper v. Raleigh & Gaston RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Hill v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Carter & Co. v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
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- Shaw v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
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