Tracy-Waldron Fruit Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.

THE COURT.

The plaintiff, a shipper of perishable fruits and vegetables, brought this action against defendant carrier to recover for damage to fifteen separate shipments, each shipment being a carload of grapes or vegetables and the damage to each carload constituting a separate cause of action.

The shipments originated between October 1 and December 1, 1922, on the railroad line of defendant in California, and each was billed and transported to a point upon some connecting carrier in another state. The defendant with its connecting carriers maintained schedules for the transportation to its…