Johnston v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

This was an initial railway shipment of goods by respondents and this fact may explain the absence of any evidence of the length of time within which the flowers might be safely transported or held in transit without loss, and the failure to effect an agreement for special handling of the car. The car had been in the process of loading for several days.

The duties and obligations of the appellant are outlined in the schedules for train movements, including the practices followed in switching cars to the plant of the Fulton Market & Cold Storage Company and under the stipulations in the bill of…