Howe v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Taylor, C.

This is an action to recover damages for the deterioration, while in transit, of a carload of potatoes shipped from Hinckley, Minnesota, to Buffalo, New York. The court found, in substance, that the damaged condition of the potatoes was not caused by any negligence of the defendants and directed judgment in their favor. Plaintiff appealed from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff placed the potatoes in sacks containing 150 pounds each and loaded them into a refrigerator car at Hinckley on May 10, 1926. On the morning of May 11 he delivered them to the Great Northern…