119 Ga. 627 | Ga. | 1904
The plaintiffs’ stock was shipped under a special contract like that referred to in Williams v. Central Ry. Co., 117 Ga. 830, and Central Ry. Co. v. James, 117 Ga. 832. The case is controlled by the principle announced in those decisions. The shipper, in consideration of a lower freight rate, stipulated^hat he would examine the car in which the stock were to-be shipped; that he would have some one to accompany the stock and take charge thereof; and that he would relieve the company of damages caused by defects in the car or occasioned by the viciousness
Judgment affirmed.