Legal Opinion
Mellon National Bank & Trust Co. v. Sophie Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 5, 1961No. Nos. 13362-13368PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
In this collision between a tractor-trailer (truck) and a freight train, our problem is whether the lessee of the tractor-trailer was responsible for its operation at the time. From the stipulated facts the following appears.
The truck was owned by Sophie Lines, Inc., operated by its employee and leased *475to Turner Transfer, Inc. The latter is a licensed I.C.C. carrier with operating permits limited to the carrying of certain knitting equipment for the areas involved. The owner did not have an I.C.C. permit.
On September 24, 1955 there was a thirty day written lease…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Hodges v. JohnsonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1943
- Guilinger v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Ferguson v. CharisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
3Cited by13 opinions
- Roberta R. Wellman and Ward W. Wellman v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Mellon National Bank & Trust Company, of the Estate of Jacob Casale, Deceased, as Interveners, Hardware Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, Phoenix Insurance Company, Old Colony Insurance Company, Dubuque Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Northern Insurance Company, Northwestern National Insurance Company, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company v. Sophie Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Turner Transfer, Inc., a Corporation, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a Corporation. Emily Peternal and Joseph Peternal, Her Husband v. Sophie Lines, Inc., a Corporation, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a Corporation. Kenneth F. Fries and Janice A. Fries, His Wife, and Kenneth F. Fries, Trading and Doing Business as Fries Electric and Hardware, and Hardware Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Sophie Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Turner Transfer, Inc., a Corporation, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a Corporation. Belva Ross and J. William Ross, Her Husband v. Sophie Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Turner Transfer, Inc., a Corporation, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a Corporation. J. William Ross, Administrator of the Estate of Cheryl Faye Ross, Deceased v. Sophie Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Turner Transfer, Inc., a Corporation, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a Corporation. Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. Sophie Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Turner Transfer, Inc., a Corporation, Edmund Whiteman, Administrator of the Estate of Dora Whiteman, Deceased v. Sophie Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Turner Transfer, Inc., a Corporation, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a Corporation, Turner Transfer, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
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- Planet Insurance Co. v. Transport Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- John B. Barbour Trucking Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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