Maloney v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

Appellant, a commission merchant in the city of Louisville, sued the C. C. C. & St. L. Ry. Co. to recover damages for loss in value of a carload of eggs, occasioned by delay in transit between Louisville and New York city. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.

It appears that appellee specializes in rapid transit service, giving to “manifest perishable freight transportation a precedence, the route being over its lines to Cleveland, thence over the Lake Shore to Buffalo, and from there over the New York Central to New York city.

The…