Jenckes Spinning Co. v. New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.

This is a jury trial waived case and is an action to recover for the value of two bales of Egyptian cotton which were shipped from Boston over the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. One of these hales was included in a shipment on May 1, 1920 of six bales; the other was included in a shipment on May 10, 1920, of two bales. The two bales sued for were never delivered.

The defence made to this action is that it was a condition precedent in the bills of lading that claims must be made in writing to the delivering carrier within six months after reasonable time for delivery has elapsed in…