Ohio Galvanizing & Mfg. Co. v. Southern Pac. Co.

TUTTLE, District Judge.

This is an action brought by tbe plaintiff below, tbe Obio Galvanizing & Manufacturing Company, an Ohio corporation, appellant here, to recover from tbe Southern Pacific Company, a Kentucky corporation, defendant below and appellee here, .damages alleged to have resulted from injuries caused to several hundred ice cans while they were being transported by tbe said defendant as a common carrier. Tbe District Court, in which tbe action was tried before a jury, at tbe conclusion of plaintiff’s proofs, directed a verdict in favor of tbe defendant on the ground that tbe…