Douglass v. Wolcott Storage & Ice Co.

In April, 1930, plaintiffs stored in defendant’s warehouse at Wolcott, N. Y., 77,810 pounds of evaporated apples and 9,265 pounds of apple chops. In the following March a leak occurred in one of the ammonia pipes connected with defendant’s refrigerating plant, and the room in which said fruit was stored became filled with ammonia fumes. As a result a portion of the merchandise became discolored and damaged. Notwithstanding the fact that it was stipulated in the warehouse receipts which were issued to the plaintiffs that the storage company should not be responsible for any damage caused by…