Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Starley

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant entered on a directed verdict.

Denver-Chieago Trucking Company, -hereinafter referred to as carrier, was engaged as a common carrier, in the transportation by truck of personal property owned by plaintiff. In the course thereof defendant’s car collided with the carrier’s truck containing the property, resulting in a partial destruction of the property. Prior to the commencement of this action the carrier paid plaintiff’s claim for the damage to the property presumably under the law providing: “Unless the consignor accompanies the freight and…