U. S. Cold Storage v. Matson Navigation Co.

Opinion

NEWSOM, J.

The instant appeal arises in the following circumstances. U. S. Cold Storage of California (hereafter appellant or Cold Storage) contracted with Foster Food Products (hereafter Foster) to transport the latter’s poultry from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. Foster delivered the goods to appellant’s facility in Oakland, where they were loaded into refrigerated trailers owned by Matson Navigation Company (hereafter respondent or Matson). The poultry was then taken to Matson’s Oakland dock facility whence it was shipped on Matson’s vessel to Honolulu.

The poultry arrived…