Petroleum Carrier Corp. v. Byrd

Stolz, Judge.

This is an action by the president of a cookie company against a motor common carrier for damages sustained by the plaintiff’s bulk flour storage bin during its loading, caused by the defendant’s alleged negligence in applying excessive air pressure in piping the flour from its vehicle into the bin, which was in turn allegedly caused by the vehicle’s not being equipped with a proper pressure gauge or, if it had one, by its being either inoperative or ignored.

Evidence was adduced on the trial to the following effects: The defendant, making its (and the) second delivery to the *392plain…