Southern Express Co. v. Shea
Supreme Court of Georgia
Case against a carrier. Charge of the Court. By Judge Cole. Macon Superior Court. May .Term, 1868. Shea brought case against the Southern Express Company, averring in one count, that on the 3d of November, 1865, he delivered to said Company, as a common carrier, at Savannah, for transportation to Macon, four packages of goods, worth $>7,000 00, which, by the fraud, negligence and carelessness of said Company, were wholly lost; and in another count, averring the same things…
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Case against a carrier. Charge of the Court. By Judge Cole. Macon Superior Court. May .Term, 1868. Shea brought case against the Southern Express Company, averring in one count, that on the 3d of November, 1865, he delivered to said Company, as a common carrier, at Savannah, for transportation to Macon, four packages of goods, worth $>7,000 00, which, by the fraud, negligence and carelessness of said Company, were wholly lost; and in another count, averring the same things with this variation: that the Southern Express Company is known as the Adams Express Company, in New York, and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The error assigned to the judgment of the Court below, in this case is, the refusal of the Court to grant a new trial upon the several grounds specified in the motion therefor. We shall not consider the various grounds embraced in the motion for a new trial, separately, but confine our judgment to the main question made by the record, which must control the case.
■It appears from the evidence, that there were two companies, the Adams Express Company, incorporated in the State of New York, and the Southern Express Company, incorporated in the State of Georgia. The action to recover the loss of…
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