Southern Pacific Company, a Corporation of the State of Delaware v. Miller Abattoir Company, a Corporation of the State of New Jersey

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Southern Pacific Company (hereinafter the “Railroad”), a Delaware corporation, is a common carrier engaged in the railway transporta tion of property in interstate commerce. The defendant, Miller Abbatoir Company (hereinafter the “Consignee”) is a New Jersey corporation engaged in the slaughtering business.

In April and May, 1964, the Railroad transported twenty-one shipments of lambs from Arizona to the Consignee’s slaughterhouse in New Jersey. These lambs had been purchased by the Consignee from an Arizona livestock company.

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