Mergenthaler Linotype Co. v. Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc.

Mergenthaler Linotype Company brought an action against Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc., and Hastings Truck Company, Inc., contending that a linotype machine was damaged by one or both of the defendants while being shipped from New York to Kalamazoo. Plaintiff had sold the machine to the Kalamazoo Gazette and arranged with Transamerican to ship it to Kalamazoo. Mer*690gen thaler issued a nonnegotiable straight. bill, of lading to “the Kalamazoo Gazette c/o Hastings Truck Co., Inc.” at 738 E. Walnut Street. Transamerican had no dealings with Hastings other than to deliver the machine to them.…