UNITED STATES v. CHICAGO EXPRESS

No. 11564.

235 F.2d 785 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHICAGO EXPRESS, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Lashly, St. Louis, Mo., Lashly & Neun, Hiram W. Watkins, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

C. M. Raemer, U. S. Atty., Edward G. Maag, Asst. U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for appellee.

Before MAJOR, FINNEGAN and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.


FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

An inspector of the Interstate Commerce Commission halted defendant's tractor, moving along Illinois Route 3, after that vehicle had been loaded with 33,210 pounds of paranitroanaline at the Monsanto Chemical Company's plant. After identifying himself to defendant's driver, that inspector asked for, and examined, the bill of lading, now government exhibit 1, covering the cargo then being hauled by Chicago Express, Inc., the defendant-common...

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