81 Ga. 56 | Ga. | 1888
Skellie, for the use of Cooper & Harper, sued the railroad company for failing to deliver and transport on board the steamer “ Gate City,” which was to sail upon a certain day, three car-loads of watermelons, which he alleged had been delivered to the railroad company in time for that purpose. It appears that the watermelons were received by the company at a station on the line of its railroad; and the bills of lading state that they were “ to be transported over this line to Boston,” and delivered to the consignees at Boston, Messrs. Chamberlain & Co.; no particular route or method by which the melons should be carried being specified in the bills of lading. The watermelons reached Savannah after the departure of the “ Gate City”; and thereupon, the rail
Judgment affirmed.