Barnard v. Murphy

HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

Each of the several plaintiffs in the above cases seeks damages for (a) the value of food which admittedly spoiled by reason of inadequate refrigeration while stored in a locker or lockers in a locker plant owned and operated by defendant and (b) the amounts paid for the portion of the rental period during which such food was stored in said plant. In the first case, hereinafter referred to as the “Barnard case”, six of defendant’s customers had joined in one action under S.Ct. Rule 52.05, V.A.M.R., each seeking to recover solely in his own behalf. In the second case,…