PACIFIC COAST FRUIT DIST. v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.

No. 13916.

217 F.2d 273 (1954)

PACIFIC COAST FRUIT DISTRIBUTORS, Inc., a corporation, Appellant, v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. V. Weikert, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Frank M. Benedict, Benedict, Bowman & Stewart, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS and FEE, Circuit Judges, and GOODMAN, District Judge.


GOODMAN, District Judge.

The question presented is whether the appellee railroad is entitled to collect freight transportation charges from one, who, as selling agent of a shipper and not a party to the original shipping document (i. e., bill-of-lading), is substituted as consignee and assumes control of a shipment by reconsigning it to other consignees and destinations.

The Court below said: Yes. We agree.

The agreed statement of facts shows that...

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