Legal Opinion
Hams Express, Inc. v. Joseph Land & Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 7, 1980No. Civ. A. No. 79-0203PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GILES, District Judge.
This action arose out of a series of five contracts for the carriage of perishable freight by plaintiff, Hams Express, Inc. (hereinafter “Hams”) an interstate trucking company and defendant, Joseph Land and Company, Inc. (hereinafter “Land”) a truck broker. In each case perishable goods were transported by Hams trucks from producers on the West Coast of the United States to wholesale markets on the East Coast.
As to two of the loads, there is no dispute regarding timeliness or quality of delivered goods. As to the other three, however, Land asserts…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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