Allegrezza v. Great Northern Railway Co.

The defendant appeals from the order denying its motion for a new trial.

The action is to recover damages from the delivering carrier of an interstate shipment for unreasonable delay in spotting for unloading a car of California muscat grapes, consigned to plaintiff at Hibbing, Minnesota. The trial was to the court. The findings of fact were that there was an unreasonable delay, and that plaintiff suffered .damages thereby in the sum of $512.22, for which judgment was ordered.

The facts are in substance these, in so far as the admitted evidence shows:

The car reached defendant’s railroad yard in…