Catanzara Di Giorgio Co. v. F. W. Stock & Sons

This is an action on the common'counts in assumpsit originally brought in the Superior Court of Baltimore ' City, on the 5th day of June, 1901, by the appellee against the appellant, on an open account, to recover for the value of a cargo of fruit, consisting of bananas, oranges, nuts and other tropical fruits, shipped from Jamaica by steamer to Baltimore. The cárgo was consigned by the bill of lading to the appellee, hut on proper endorsement by them was turned over to the appellant, who subsequently sold the fruit.

The case has been tried at least five’times in the Baltimore City Courts,…