Legal Opinion
Ward Trucking Corp. v. Meldon Steel Co.
Nassau County District Court
Decided December 4, 1964Published
1Opinion of the CourtFrancis J. Donovan, J.
The agreed facts in this case are as follows:
1. That on or about November 14,1963, by a uniform straight bill of lading, the defendant did ship 29 pieces of steel with the total weight of 33,690 pounds from the defendant’s plant at Titusville, Pennsylvania, to the office of the defendant at Westbury, New York.
2. That such .shipment and bill of lading was between the defendant and Erie Pittsburgh Motor Express.
3. That the .said shipment was made on the basis of a quotation or agreed price for transit at a rate of 59 cents per pound.
4. That the said Erie Pittsburgh Motor Express delivered the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Pennsylvania R.R. Co. v. . TitusNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Willson v. American Railway Express Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Willson v. American Railway Express CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Sewall v. Weeks Moving & Storage Corp.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1957