Legal Opinion
John J. Cleckner and Ruth Cleckner, His Wife v. Republic Van and Storage Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1977No. 75-3952PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Appellants filed a claim in the district court for damages to household goods transported by the defendant moving company. The trial court granted summary judgment for defendants because of plaintiffs’ failure to bring their claim as a compulsory counterclaim in an earlier suit brought in the county court of Dade County, Florida. We affirm.
In June 1973, John and Ruth Cleckner engaged Republic Van and Storage Company (Republic) to move their household possessions from Maryland to Florida. John Cleckner made these arrangements through Republic’s local booking agent, Weber…
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