MARTIN JESSEE MOTORS v. READING CO.

Civ. A. No. 9355.

87 F.Supp. 318 (1949)

MARTIN JESSEE MOTORS, Inc. v. READING CO.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 8, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Levitt, Philadelphia, Pa., J. E. Marks, Lexington, Ky., for the plaintiff.

W. Wilson White, T. R. White (of White, Williams & Scott), Philadelphia, Pa., for the defendant.


FOLLMER, District Judge.

This is a civil action brought against the defendant railroad by the consignee named in a bill of lading (covering an interstate shipment) issued by the defendant on February 19, 1948, for the recovery of the purchase price of ten tractors. The gist of the complaint is that plaintiff had paid to its seller the purchase price of the tractors in reliance upon a bill of lading issued by the defendant, although in fact no tractors were ever delivered...

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