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Show 06DEH H1PII Supreme Court Rules Carriers Car-riers Must Pay for Damages to Barry Shipment Damages occuring to fruit whik-i n transit on a railroad must be paid by the carrier, according to a decision handed clown in the supremo court in i tho appeal of tho Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad and the Union Pacific I Railroad from a judgment for 500 rendered ren-dered against them In District Judge A. W. Agec's court here, and in favor of G. A. Berry company of Ogden. j The damage alleged by complainants was 19 a shipment of prunes sent Yo Denver. A drain pipe on the refrigerator refriger-ator car became clogged and the car jwas partly flooded. The shipment of prunes was sold at a discount to a Pu-,eblo Pu-,eblo dealer, having been refused bv tho consignee at Denver. The judgment judg-ment was for damago sustained pro-, portionate with the difference in thi-I thi-I price at which the fruit wa3 sold and that which it should have brought, i oo |