Delphi Frosted Foods Corp. v. Illinois Cent. R. Co

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of a controversy over alleged liability for damage to six; cars of frozen fruit, consisting of strawberries, dewberries, bláckberries, and peaches, shipped from Paducah, Kentucky, by appellant during July, 1945, over appellee’s railroad and connecting carriers. Five of the cars were consigned to Jersey City and one to New Orleans. When the cars were inspected at destination cartons of berries were mashed and broken, cans which contained peaches were dented and the peaches were discolored. Some of the contents were condemned by the United States Food…