Herring v. Springbrook Packing Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, Frederick C. Herring, against the defendant, Springbrook Packing Company Cooperative, a corporation, in an action to recover damages for injury to personal property of the plaintiff. The trial was by jury. Two other defendants, C. & H. Bakery Supply Company and W. Keith Herrmann, were absolved by the jury’s verdict.

The basis of the action was the alleged negligence of the defendants.

Springbrook is the owner and operator of a refrigerated storage warehouse at Springbrook, Oregon, with which the plaintiff had stored a large quantity *193of walnut…