Capella v. Southern Pacific Co.

The plaintiff purchased a carload of grapes from a grower at Oakdale, Cal., for delivery to her at Solvay, N. Y. The grapes were loaded upon a refrigerator car, provided by the defendant, at Oakdale, Cal., on September 29, 1922. The car was fully loaded at nine p. m. on that day and released to the defendant for transportation. The defendant issued its bill of lading consigning the car to the plaintiff at Solvay, N. Y., and started the car on its journey from Oakdale at eleven-thirty p. m., September twenty-ninth. The car arrived at Syracuse, N. Y., on October 14, 1922, at two-twenty p. m. It…