W. H. Blodget Co. v. New York Central Railroad

This is an action by the consignee of a shipment of celery, to recover damages arising from its injury by freezing while in transit between Rochester, New York, and Worcester in this Commonwealth. The case is before us on a report by a judge of the Superior Court with an agreed statement as to all the material facts.

A. J. Warren and Son, of Rochester, having sold the celery to the plaintiff, on December 17, 1924, requested the defendant to place an empty refrigerator car on the siding near the plant of the Rochester Cold Storage and Ice Company, where the celery was in cold storage. The car…