Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Hallamore Motor Transportation, Inc.

The plaintiff (Conrail), a common carrier, seeks to recover charges for carrying freight by rail on two occasions from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Worcester, from the defendant (Hallamore), a motor common carrier, which unloaded the cargo and carried it to Quonset Point, Rhode Island. A judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston considered the case on a statement of agreed facts and found for Conrail. The Appellate Division agreed with the trial judge and dismissed the report to it. Judgment should have been entered for Hallamore.

We summarize the facts. Hallamore, without its authorization…