H. T. Coker Construction Co. v. Whitfield Transportation, Inc.

518 P.2d 782 (1974)

85 N.M. 802

H.T. COKER CONSTRUCTION CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee,

v.

WHITFIELD TRANSPORTATION, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

No. 1236.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

January 9, 1974.

Wayne A. Jordan, Shipley, Durrett, Conway & Sandenaw, Alamogordo, for plaintiff-appellant.

S. Thomas Overstreet, Alamogordo, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves two claims of damage to merchandise shipped by the manufacturer in California to plaintiff in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Defendant is a common carrier "* * * operating pursuant to the laws…