Strawberry & Vegetable Auction, Inc. v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.

The demand here presented is for the loss in value of a shipment of strawberries alleged to have been caused by improper handling on the part of the defendant Express Company. From a judgment dismissing its suit on an exception of no right of action, the plaintiff has taken this appeal.

The shipment originated in the parish of Tangipahoa on April 16, 1930; part of the berries having been loaded at Pontchatoula and the rest at Hammond. In the petition, it is alleged that, after the berries had been loaded, the car was consigned to plaintiff’s order at Mattoon, in the state of Illinois, and that…