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Firpine Products Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided October 13, 1954No. Civ. No. 713Published

1Opinion of the Court

DUNCAN, Chief Judge.

This is an action against a common carrier for damage to an interstate shipment of lumber which was inundated in the July, 1951 flood of the Kansas River in the Kansas City area. The lumber was loaded in railroad car L & N 48940 and was delivered by plaintiff to the Southern Pacific Railroad at Lakeview, Oregon on June 26, 1951 for transportation and delivery to plaintiff at Kansas City, Kansas, with a stopover for partial unloading at St. Joseph, Missouri, pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Bill of Lading. Defendant was the delivering carrier.

The car left St.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Railroad Co. v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Farr Co. v. Union Pac. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
  4. Crump v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948
  5. Gerber v. McCallSupreme Court of Kansas · 1953

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