Warren Alloy Co. v. Blair Transit Co.

By this action against Blair Transit Company, a common carrier, plaintiff seeks to recover $3,363.35 for loss sustained as a result of damage in transit to a through shipment from Buffalo, New York, to Pontiac, Michigan, under a uniform motor carrier’s hill of lading. Defendant is the connecting and terminal carrier which delivered the shipment to plaintiff’s plant at Pontiac, Michigan, on February 26,1957.

The bill of lading under which this shipment was carried contained the following contractual provision pertaining to defendant’s liability for damages to goods in transit:

“Sec. 2(b) As a…