Kirkhof Electric Co. v. Wolverine Express, Inc.

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Kirkhof Electric Company brought this action against Wolverine Express, Inc., for damages to three transformers, such damages having been incurred during transportation of the transformers by the common-carrier express company. The plaintiff had placed an order with Westinghouse Electric Corporation for the three devices to be installed at the Grand Rapids Metalcraft Division of the F. L. Jacobs Company. The purchase price was $9,810.

The transformers, which were shipped by truck to the Grand Rapids plant of F. L. Jacobs Company, were found, upon arrival, to have been…