Heath v. Judson Freight Forwarding Co.

Defendant, a New York corporation, is engaged in the business of shipping and forwarding freight of all kinds, especially household furniture, from New York city to all points in the United States. For this purpose, defendant, at its loading station in Newark, New Jersey, assembles goods of various ownership that are to be shipped to a common destination. This is done for the purpose of making up a carload, that thereby a through rate may be obtained that is less than the published rates of the railroad company for broken lots. The accumulated carload, so assembled for any given destination,…