Wabash Railway Co. v. Bloomgarden

Plaintiff sues to recover the freight and icing charges on two car loads of peaches shipped from Willard, Utah, to Detroit in September, 1914. The shipments were made by the Gibson Fruit Company, consigned to itself at Chicago, in two' cars, numbered P. F. E. 11223 and P. F. E. 468, over the Oregon Short Line i’ailroad. On the arrival of the cars in Chicago, they were reconsigned by the consignee to its own order at Detroit, with instructions to notify the defendant, “Allow inspection without bill of lading,” “Protect through rate,” “Charges follow,” the words “we pay” being stricken out. The…