Almar Trucking, Inc. v. Bonanza Trucking Co.

The plaintiff-appellant Almar Trucking company contracted to haul gravel for the defendant-appellee Bonanza Trucking Company, for less than the minimum over-the-road rates estab*371fished by the Michigan public service commission pursuant to the motor carrier act. CL 1948 and CLS 1961, § 475.1 et seq., as amended (Stat Ann and Stat Ann 1965 Cum Supp § 22.531 et seq.). Suit was brought for what would have been the balance owed, if the minimum published rates had been applied. The appellee claims the transaction was exempt from the regulation because article 5, § 2 of the act, CLS 1961, § 479.2, as…