Pettis ex rel. United States v. Morrison-Knudsen Co.

Braswell Motor Freight Lines, Inc. (Bras-well) appeals from an adverse judgment based on a jury verdict which granted ap-pellee Jose Mass $18,229.87 under the Motor Carrier Act, 49 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., for the loss of a carton of valuable'movie posters.

Braswell contends that the district court erred when it ruled as a matter of law that:(1) Mass did not mislead Braswell about the contents of the carton in order to obtain a low freight rate;

*666(2) Mass was not bound by the exclusion from liability provision in Braswell’s bill of lading; and(3) Braswell was a common carrier.

Mass was a designer of…