FLORENCE BANANA CORP. v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

No. 3336.

195 A.2d 399 (1963)

FLORENCE BANANA CORP., Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Collins, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Paul F. McArdle, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


MYERS, Associate Judge.

Florence Banana Corporation appeals from a judgment upon a directed verdict for appellee in a suit seeking the value of a carload of apples alleged to have been spoiled by negligence in transportation by the carrier.

In early January, 1960, appellant bought four carloads of apples in the state of Washington for shipment east by railroad. Inspections were made of the fruit by the U. S. Department of Agriculture on January 6, 1960, and...

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