Hitchcock Air Conditioning, Heating & Piping Co. v. Hazen

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was brought in the name of Hitchcock Air Conditioning & Piping Company (plaintiff-appellee), the consignee of a steam generator which was damaged on August 9, 1972, by striking a highway overpass while being transported by Machinery Transports. Defendant Henry Hazen, d/b/a H & M Enterprises and d/b/a Escort Service (defendant-appellant and hereinafter referred to as Escort Service), was employed as escort for the move of the generator by the carrier, Machinery Transports.

Plaintiff entered into a loan receipt agreement…