GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO. v. ATCHISON, T. & S. F. RY. CO.

No. 14539.

333 F.2d 705 (1964)

The GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 25, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Mulroy, Daniel Walker, Chicago, Ill., Hopkins, Sutter, Owen, Mulroy & Wentz, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellant.

Kenneth F. Burgess, D. Robert Thomas, James W. Kissel, Chicago, Ill., D. Robert Thomas, Wilbur C. Delp, Jr., Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and KNOCH and KILEY, Circuit Judges.


HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A & P) brought this action against The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (Santa Fe). It sought to recover damages alleged to have resulted from an unreasonable and unexcused delay of two days in a shipment of plums from California to New York.

The case was submitted to the district court for decision solely upon a stipulation of facts, briefs and oral argument of the...

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