Huffstutler v. Chandler Transfer & Freight Line

CARR, Judge.

In the court below J. Terry Huffstutler brought suit against Chandler Transfer & Freight Line and John B. McCullough and John D. McCullough, doing business as Chandler Transfer & Freight Line. For convenience of reference we will herein designate the defendants as the carrier.

The damage claimed arose out of a shipment of brooms, 50 dozen in number.

At his factory in Birmingham, Alabama, the plaintiff delivered the brooms to the carrier for shipment to New Castle, Pennsylvania. The latter did not operate its truck farther north than Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was, therefore,…