Legal Opinion
Delaware, L. & W. R. Co. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 21, 1954PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
This is an action brought by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company for the balance of freight charges owed by the defendant for the transportation of shipments of canned food.
The charges for the shipments amounted to $9,476.84, of which the defendant paid $5,229.93, leaving a balance of $4,246.91, which is the amount demanded by the plaintiff in this action.
The United States in a counterclaim asserts that it is entitled to deduct from the freight charges the loss it sustained as a result of damage to the shipment of machinery owned by it and delivered by…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Acme Fast Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Hopper Paper Co. v. Baltimore & O.R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- Insurance Co. Of North America v. Newtowne Mfg. Co. Insurance Co. Of North America v. Holland Transp. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1951
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- Thayer v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1961
- Miller v. Aaacon Auto Transport, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1978
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