Boland v. Southern Ice Co.

WARING, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, a resident of South Carolina, brings suit against the Southern Ice Company, a Delaware corporation and Harry D. Jones, a resident of South Carolina. The complaint alleges that the defendant corporation operates a cold storage plant and Jones is employed by it as its manager and is responsible for the operation and condition of such plant. It is further alleged that the plaintiff delivered to the defendants a large quantity of Easter Lily plants for cold storage but that the same were injured by escaping ammonia gas. It is alleged that the damages suffered by…