Legal Opinion
Condakes v. Southern Pacific Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 17, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 66-877-JPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIAN, District Judge.
The plaintiff, George Condakes, brought this suit under the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act as the consignee of a uniform straight bill of lading against Southern Pacific Company, a railroad corporation engaged in interstate commerce. Recovery is sought against defendant as a receiving carrier within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. § 20(11) for loss allegedly suffered by plaintiff as the result of damage inflicted to a carload shipment of grapes covered by the bill of lading during transit from Serape, Arizona, to Boston.
FINDINGS OF FACT
The plaintiff,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Elmore & StahlSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Levy v. MacySupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Mirski v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1963
- Mirski v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1964
- Sarno v. Southern Pacific Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1967
3Cited by3 opinions
- Brockway-Smith Co. v. Boston & Maine Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1980
- Armour Morgan v. Norfolk and Western Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Condakes v. Southern Pacific Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1969