Legal Opinion
Austin v. Seaboard Air Line R. Co
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1951No. 13448_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by R. S. Austin, trading and doing business as Evergreen Christmas Tree Company at South Barre, Vermont, against Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, a Virginia corporation, for failure to deliver in good condition a car load of Christmas trees to Miami Retail Grocers, Inc., at Miami, Florida.
The evidence reveals that on November 24, 1948, plaintiff delivered to the initial •carrier at South Barre, Vermont, 606 bundles of spruce Christmas trees consigned to Miami Retail Grocers at Miami, Florida; that plaintiff loaded the shipment of trees into a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Thompson Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Shapiro v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Georgia Packing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
3Cited by8 opinions
- Secretary of Agriculture v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Fraser-Smith Company, Farmers Elevator Company of Traer, Iowa, and Johnson Feed and Grain Company v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Modern Tool Corp. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1951
- Trautmann Bros. Co., Inc. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Arnold J. Rodin, Inc. v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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