Legal Opinion
Sunset Motor Lines, Inc. v. Lu-Tex Packing Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1958No. 17131_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal by the initial truck carrier held liable after a non-jury trial for the total loss of a shipment of fresh beef, three questions are presented: (1) was there adequate evidence of the market value of the goods as shipped in good condition and as delivered in bad condition; (2) was it error or prejudicially harmful for the Court to have excluded an original Department of Agriculture form specifying the amount of meat condemned as unfit; and (3) on liability, did the evidence overcome the presumption of carrier’s negligence? Only the first has much…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland Transp. Co., Inc. v. American Distributing CoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Robinson v. Georgia Sav. Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
- Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Thompson v. A. J. Tebbe & Sons Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Thompson v. A. J. Tebbe & Sons Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1951
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Knox Homes CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Fraser-Smith Company, Farmers Elevator Company of Traer, Iowa, and Johnson Feed and Grain Company v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Southwestern Motor Transport Co. v. Valley Weathermakers, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1968
- Frosty Land Foods International, Inc. v. Refrigerated Transport Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- F. J. McCarty Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1968
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