Be-Mac Transport, Inc. v. Michigan Express, Inc.

Mr. Presiding Justice Friend

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment entered in the Municipal court in the sum of $618.76, pursuant to trial by the court without a jury.

It appears that plaintiff and defendant were both motor common carriers; that on October 7,1947 plaintiff, as an initial carrier, received for transportation from L & S Bearing Company, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, two shipments of ball bearings. The bills of lading stated on their face that the carrier was to deliver the shipments on a C.O.D. basis to the designated consignee in Muskegon,…