Transport Clearings-Bay Area v. Simmonds

In this action brought to recover certain sums allegedly paid by plaintiff in purchasing freight bills of defendant’s trucking company, plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant and against plaintiff and also from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

Plaintiff, Transport Clearings-Bay Area (hereafter referred to as Transport) is a nonprofit corporation organized by a portion of the trucking industry for the purpose of purchasing the freight bills of its member carriers and collecting the amount, of the bills from…