H. T. Cottam & Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad

The plaintiff, a wholesale grocery company at New Orleans, sues the defendant railroad company for recovery of $1,473.76, representing the loss claimed to have been sustained as a result of the defendant’s failure to safely carry and deliver certain goods, consisting mostly of candy, from Chicago, Peoria, Memphis and St. Louis, to point of destination New Orleans. There were seven shipments, and the total' claim for losses aggregated the above amount, but at the original trial of this case plaintiff reduced its claim for damages on the first shipment by $47.23, thus making the net amount…