Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Robinson & Co.

The plaintiff, appellee here, brought suit against the appellant in the Sebastian Circuit Court, alleging that, on or about tbe 24th day of June, 1924, appellees delivered to appellant’s station agent at Abbott, Arkansas, two carloads of Irish potatoes to be shipped in interstate commerce to Holman Produce Compairy, St. Louis, Missouri. That, at the time they were delivered for shipment, they were in good, sound and first-ela.ss condition and quality, but, when delivered at St. Louis, they were decayed and had to be sold at a loss, and that tbe damage occurred by reason of delay in transit.

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