New York Central Railroad v. New York, New Haven & Harford Railroad

HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in the admiralty of Judge Edelstein in the Southern District of New York, awarding damages to the New York Central Railroad against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for the loss of railroad cars and their contents. The facts were as follows. A number of railroad cars had arrived at the “Central’s” yard at Weehawken, loaded with freight and destined for Brooklyn. As the cargo on the cars was perishable, it was important to move them from Weehawken, and one, Korab, an official of the “Central” called up White, an official of the…