Bronstein v. Baltimore & O. R.

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

These three cases, consolidated and tried together to the Court without a jury, were brought to recover damages for injuries to seventy-six carloads of watermelons, transported from various points in Georgia, Florida and South .Carolina to Philadelphia. The plaintiff is the consignee and holder of the bills of lading. The defendant was the delivering carrier.

The evidence shows that the melons were loaded in bulk in accordance with the tariff classifications and rules of the carriers, packed tightly in cars lined with paper and padded with straw, and that when…