Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. John Jancik Produce

GREEN, Chief Justice.

This suit involves a perishable freight loss and damage claim arising out of a carlot interstate shipment of lettuce. The fact that the shipment was damaged in transit through negligence of the carriers is not in dispute on this appeal. Appellant’s two points allege error in the trial court not entering judgment for the appellant due to the failure of the appellee to meet its burden of proving fair market value of the lettuce at destination at the time and in the condition in which the shipment (1) actually arrived, and (2) should have arrived if properly transported.

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