Northwestern Fruit Exchange v. Erie Railroad

Plaintiff brought an action against the defendant to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by it by reason of the failure of the defendant, a common carrier, to heat the car in which apples were being transported from Chicago to New York, on account of which failure some of the apples were frozen, resulting in damages which were stipulated to be $89.80. The case was tried before the court without a jury and there was a finding and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $89,80,

The record discloses that on January 11,1924, plaintiff loaded a standard refrigerator car with 742 boxes of…