Simpson v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.

SUMMERS, Judge.

Col. Warren L. Simpson and Gertrude Simpson, husband and wife, the original plaintiffs in this cause, were retiring from the military service and moving from Riverside, California, to Germantown, Tennessee. Their personal property was shipped at the expense of the United States Government. Allied Van Lines, Inc., contracted with the United States Government to be the carrier which transported the Simpsons’ furniture to Tennessee. The Simpsons were third-party beneficiaries of the shipment contract between the United States Government and Allied Van Lines.

The property shipped…