Deal v. Fredrickson Motor Express Corp.

Defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial court to grant its motion for nonsuit interposed at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence and renewed at the close of all the evidence.

Plaintiffs ■ contend that the bill of lading issued by the initial carrier in Lumberton created a presumption that the stove top was received for shipment in good condition; that by introducing the bill of lading in evidence and offering evidence that the property was found damaged when received by the consignee, plaintiffs made out *489a 'prima facie case. Our review of pertinent Supreme Court decisions impels us to…