Baltimore Refrigerating & Heating Co. v. Kreiner
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court (Riles, J.). Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury find that the squabs, ducks and chickens mentioned in the evidence were in good and marketable condition and properly prepared and packed for cold storage when they were deposited by the plaintiff and accepted by the defendant for cold storage during the months of July and August, 1901 (if the jury find such deposit and acceptance), and that the same squabs, ducks and chickens were in a…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court (Riles, J.). Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury find that the squabs, ducks and chickens mentioned in the evidence were in good and marketable condition and properly prepared and packed for cold storage when they were deposited by the plaintiff and accepted by the defendant for cold storage during the months of July and August, 1901 (if the jury find such deposit and acceptance), and that the same squabs, ducks and chickens were in a damaged condition when they were delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff during the months of January and February,…
1Opinion of the CourtWorthington, J.
This suit was instituted by the appellee against the appellant to recover the amount of loss which the former sustained by reason of the deterioration in quality of a large quantity of dressed ducks, chickens and squabs which he (the plaintiff) had in cold storage for hire, at the defendant’s cold storage warehouse at 410 S. Eutaw Street in Baltimore City.
The plaintiff alleges negligence on the part of the defendant in failing to exercise due and proper care in managing and maintaining its cold storage warehouse, wherefore the poultry became decayed, mouldy and partially unmarketable. The…
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