Legal Opinion
United Refrigerator Co. v. Rodgers Motor Lines
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Decided February 10, 1956No. 969Published
1Opinion of the Court
Eagen, J.,
This is an action in assumpsit, which by agreement was tried before the writer without a jury. The facts were stipulated.
On August 6, 1953, plaintiff, United Refrigerator Company, delivered to defendant, Rodgers Motor Lines, a refrigerator for shipment under a uniform bill of lading from New York City to the Utica Food Plan in Utica, N. Y. Defendant delivered the goods to a connecting carrier, Coleman Transportation *582Lines, Inc., which in due time delivered the same to the intended consignee on August 13, 1953, but failed to receive the surrender of the endorsed bill of lading. In…
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