General Movers, Inc. v. Jernberg Forgings Company

McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.

The issue in this case is clearly and briefly stated by appellee:

“May a carrier avoid the force and effect of a shipper’s execution of the non-recourse clause on the prescribed standard form of a bill of lading by claiming that the shipper misdescribed the goods?”

During the period covered by the complaint, the appellee, Jernberg Forgings Company, shipped, via the appellant, General Movers, Inc., a common carrier, 351 loads of steel forgings to Kiseo Company in St. Louis, Missouri. The shipments were described by appellant shipper on the bills of lading as…