Legal Opinion
Keystone Motor Freight Lines v. Brannon-Signaigo Cigar Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1940No. 9502PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment holding the Keystone Motor Freight Lines liable, as a connecting common carrier for hire, for the value of a shipment of cigars which was stolen from it, due to no negligence on its part, before delivery to the consignee. The Keystone contends that it was not a connecting or delivering carrier; that a tender of delivery had satisfied the “due diligence” burden upon it if it was a connecting or delivering carrier; and that the lower court committed reversible error in permitting the introduction of evidence to show local custom or usage in…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Leisy v. HardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. SettleSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Intech, Inc. v. Consolidated Freightways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Republic Arloading and Distributing Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- General American Transp. Corp. v. Indiana Harbor Belt R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Brockway-Smith Co. v. Boston & Maine Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1980
- Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Union Packing Co.District Court, D. Nebraska · 1974
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