Aronstein v. New York Central Railroad

This is a controversy submitted on an agreed statement of facts. Plaintiff seeks to recover for damage in transit to property moving in interstate commerce. Liability is conceded. Three rugs of different weight and value were wrapped in one bale of burlap, weighing 152 pounds, and one rug was wrapped in one bale, weighing 11 pounds, making a gross weight of 163 pounds. The freight charges applicable and paid by the consignee upon delivery amounted to three dollars and forty-one cents, which was determined by applying the first-class rate of two dollars nine and one-half cents per 100 pounds…