Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Center Plains Industries, Inc.

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company secured a judgment against Center Plains Industries, Inc., for the freight charges accruing from the transportation of 13 tank carloads of nitrogen fertilizer. Center Plains appeals, contending that the trial court erred in its findings and conclusions that Center Plains as shipper, and not third persons, was responsible for the freight charges.

We find no merit in appellant’s assignments of error. The recent teaching of the Supreme Court in Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Commercial Metals Co., 456 U.S. 336, 102 S.Ct. 1815, 72 L.Ed.2d 114 (1982),…