Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Schaeffer

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

C. A. Schaeffer, a wholesale produce merchant in Louisville, Ky., shipped a car of onions consigned to himself at Charleston, W. Va., via the Louisville & Nashville and Chesapeake & Ohio Railways. ' The shipment was intended for a customer in that city, a draft being sent a local bank with bill of lading attached. Upon its arrival the cargo, was in bad condition and acceptance was refused by the customer, and on Schaeffer’s telegraphic order it was returned to him at Louisville under the same bill of lading. There were 249 sacks of onions,…