Supreme Court of the United States April 30, 1917, 578 (Pennsylvania Railroad v. Carr)

Mr. Justice McKenna

delivered the opinion of the court.

Action in seven counts praying for damages caused by delay in the delivery of certain watermelons received for shipment and accepted by an initial carrier at certain places in the State of Georgia to be. transported to Jersey City, New Jersey, and transferred in good condition to defendant’s line at Edgemoor, Delaware, a point on the route.