Simplex Manufacturing Corp. v. Cook Truck Lines, Inc.

LOUIS H. YARRUT, Judge ad hoc.

Plaintiff-appellant, hereinafter referred to as shipper, prosecutes this appeal from an adverse judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, hereinafter referred to as carrier.

Shipper sues to recover $372, plus interest and costs, the value of a shipment of merchandise delivered to carrier in New Orleans on June 21, 1949, for shipment to a consignee at Coeur D’A Lene, Idaho, on a through 'bill-of-lading, sight-draft attached, to shipper’s order, notify consignee. Shipper agreed to pay all freight and transportation charges.

Upon arrival at Coeur D’A Lene consignee…