Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Denney & Co.

Plaintiff brought an action against the defendant to recover $54 claimed to be due for transportation charges, icing, and other services rendered. There was a trial before the court without a jury and a finding and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $52, and defendant appeals.

Plaintiff set up in its statement of claim that there was a balance due it for freight charges on a shipment of a mixed carload of spinach and parsley, which was transported from Laredo, Texas, to St. Louis, Missouri, and there diverted to Washington, D. C.; that plaintiff had collected from the defendant for its services…