Frank Simpson Fruit Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

This suit was commenced by the appellant, a California corporation, against the appellee, a Kansas corporation, in the municipal court of the city of Chicago, to recover dam-' ages for loss upon a shipment of bananas from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Los Angeles, California. The cars containing the bananas, two in number, were received at Kansas City on December 29 by the appellee and transported over its lines to Los Angeles, a distance of 2686 miles, where they arrived January 9. The bananas were in charg-e of the agent of appellant, who accompanied the shipment. On their arrival at Los…