5 Ga. App. 500 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1909
Upon consideration of the record we find that Stanton & Company bought ten boxes of oranges at St. Petersburg, Florida, which were shipped to them at Colquitt, Georgia, via the Seaboard Air-Line Railway and the Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway. When the oranges reached their destination one box was. gone, and some of the others were in such a damaged condition, that the consignees at first refused to accept the shipment. Finally they were induced by the agent of the Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Company to receive the oranges which remained, and, after assorting them, obtained four boxes of good oranges. They brought suit against that conqoany in a justice’s court, for the purchase-price of the six remaining boxes and for the freight. On the trial had upon appeal in the justice’s court, the plaintiffs introduced in evidence the mani-bill, which showed that the Georgia,
Judgment affirmed, with direction»