New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. California Fruit Growers Exchange

This action is for the recovery of freight and refrigeration charges upon a carload of oranges delivered by the defendant as shipper and consignor to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company in California, consigned by the defendant to itself and its district manager and agent at Providence, Rhode Island, and transported by that railroad and intermediate carriers and by the plaintiff as terminal carrier. The shipment was made under a uniform straight bill of lading in form prescribed by the interstate commerce commission. Shortly after the arrival of the car at Providence the…