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UNITED STATES v. MASON & DIXON LINES

No. 12265.

222 F.2d 646 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. MASON & DIXON LINES, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 25, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Markus, Washington, D. C., Warren E. Burger, Samuel D. Slade and T. S. L. Perlman, Washington, D. C., John C. Crawford, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., on the brief, for appellant.

Edwin O. Norris, Kingsport, Tenn., Clifford E. Sanders, Jackson C. Raulston, Edwin O. Norris, Kingsport, Tenn., on the brief, for appellee.

Before MARTIN, McALLISTER and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

The United States has appealed from a judgment of the district court awarding the appellee common carrier recovery of freight charges on a consignment to an agency of the United States of a quantity of paint, transported over the motor carrier's lines. The background facts are that a branch of the United States Department of Commerce entered into a contract for the purchase of the paint from Spar-Tex Corporation of New York. The purchase contract...

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