Trinidad Bean & Elevator Co. v. Pennsylvania R.

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This was an action at law for damages against a carrier for failure to notify a consignor of the nondelivery of a shipment of goods. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,320.46.

The plaintiff shipped two carloads of beans from Idaho to Philadelphia on a shippers’ order bill of lading to itself with directions to notify Elkan B. Marks. The cars arrived in Philadelphia on February 26 and March 9, 1929, respectively, and Marks was promptly notified of their arrival, but refused to take the goods. The plaintiff after inquiry was finally informed…