Ace-High Dresses, Inc. v. J. C. Trucking Co., Inc.

The complaint alleges that the defendant is a common carrier of goods for hire between New Haven and New York, that the plaintiff delivered to it certain goods to be transported to New Haven to be processed, that after they were processed they were received by the defendant to be delivered to the plaintiff for hire but that the defendant failed to deliver them. It was agreed that the goods were not delivered to the plaintiff, being lost through robbery, and that the only issue before the court was whether or not the defendant, in the transportation of the goods, was acting as a common…