Krallman v. Ill. Cent R.R. Co.

This is an action begun before a justice of the peace against the railroad company to recover damages, alleged to have been sustained by respondent, on a shipment of a carload of tomatoes from Diana, Florida, to St. Louis, Missouri.

In the justice court judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. Defendant appealed to the circuit court and on trial before a jury plaintiff had a verdict and judgment and defendant prosecutes the appeal.

The statement filed before the justice is as follows:

"To damages suffered as the result of defendant's negligence in shipping a carload of tomatoes from…