Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Meinhard, Schaul & Co.
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- Black v. Southern Railway Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1934)
- Turner Oklahoma Co. v. Yellow Cab & Baggage Co. (Okla. 1928)
- Strachan Shipping Co. v. Hazliphood Cotton Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1926)
- Southern Railway Co. v. Maddox (Ga. Ct. App. 1910)
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Opinion of the Court
1. For the value of goods sold and consigned to a vendee, and lost in transit by a common carrier, a right of action exists in the vendor against the carrier, who had receipted the vendor for them and recited in the receipt that the goods were “to be delivered . without unnecessary d'elay” to the vendee, although the vendee may have paid for the goods and the freight thsreon.
2. The ruling just announced results from the general rule that a consignor who has no title to the goods lost may maintain an action for breach of the contract ol carriage. See, on the general subject, C. & A. R. Co. v. Shea, 66 Ill. (Freeman) 472 (5); Great Western R. Co. v. McComas, 33 Ill. (Freeman) 185; Carter v. Southern Ry. Co., 111 Ga.
Judgment affirmed.
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