Georgia Lumber Co. v. Johnson-Battle Lumber Co.

For the purpose of disposing of this ease it is necessary to set out the following facts only: The Georgia Lumber Company sued the Johnson-Battle Lumber Company for the purchase price of a carload of lumber. The defendant filed a plea, a part of which is as follows: “This defendant further shows that the amount sued for by plaintiff in this case represents the purchase price of a car of lumber sold by plaintiff to defendant, to be shipped by plaintiff to the order of this defendant; that after said car of lumber had been delivered to the transportation company, and while same was in transit,…