Cascarelli v. New York Central Railroad

In this case plaintiff seeks recovery for damages to a shipment of bananas, which it is claimed resulted from the failure of the defendant carrier to promptly notify the plaintiff, the consignee, that the car of bananas had arrived and had been placed on the team track for unloading, so that the plaintiff might have unloaded the car on the night of its arrival instead of the following morning. The case was tried by the circuit judge without a jury and resulted in a judgment being rendered in plaintiff’s favor for $384.68. It is now brought here by writ of error issued prior to the taking…