Legal Opinion
Bond Transfer, Inc. v. Consolidated Freightways
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 23, 1986No. 08-85-00306-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OSBORN, Justice.
This is a suit between two common carriers to determine which company should bear the loss for goods lost in transit. The trial court granted summary judgment for the originating carrier against the terminal carrier. We reverse and remand.
Consolidated Freightways filed suit alleging that it delivered five boxes of freight to Bond Transfer, Inc. for delivery to Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, but that only four boxes were actually delivered and that the consignee withheld the sum of $3,452.78, as the value of the shipment, from its payment to the plaintiff. Suit was…
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