122 Ga. 655 | Ga. | 1905
(After stating the foregoing facts.) It may be that in view of the terms of the bill of lading and the law of New York, where it was issued, each carrier was responsible only for its own acts, and that for this reason Blackford may not have had a good cause of action against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for a conversion by a Georgia railway company. If, yielding to an improper demand, the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Company had paid the money and sued on the bond for indemnity, it could not have recovered. In an action on the bond it would' have been necessary to prove that it had paid the proper amount to the person holding the bill of lading. But Collins, Grayson & Company dispensed with the necessity of a suit on the bond. They knew that the Pennsylvania. Company had made a demand upon the Savannah, Florida & Western Company for $113.36. They knew that the Savannah, Florida & Western Company treated this as a valid claim; that the payment thereof would be damage or harm to it against which the bond was given as indemnity. When, therefore, Collins, Grayson & Company yielded to the Savannah, Florida & Western Company’s demand, and paid
Judgment affirmed.