Legal Opinion
Arnold J. Rodin, Inc. v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1973No. 72-2605PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Rodin, plaintiff below, sued the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail way Company to recover damages to 82 carloads of potatoes shipped out of Maine during May of 1968. The railroad filed a cross-action and counterclaim for freight charges. The jury found in favor of the defendant railroad on Rodin’s damage claim. The trial judge rendered a verdict for the railroad on its cross-action and counterclaim. We affirm.
Appellant Rodin was a speculator in potatoes on the New York Mercantile Exchange dealing with up to 5,000 carloads of potatoes a year. His usual…
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