AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY v. TRANSPORT CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 5360.

277 F.Supp. 457 (1967)

The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. The TRANSPORT CORPORATION, now known as Epes Transport System, Incorporated, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES LINES, INCORPORATED, a New York Corporation, Southern Stevedoring Corporation, Fred P. Gaskell Company, Incorporated, Norfolk Terminal Corporation and Old Dominion Freight Line, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

December 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Patterson, Jr., Richmond, Va., for plaintiff.

Frank B. Miller, III, Richmond, Va., for defendant and third-party plaintiff.

Braden Vandeventer, Norfolk, Va., for United States Lines, Inc.

R. M. Hughes, III, Norfolk, Va., for Southern Stevedoring Corp.

Edward W. Wolcott, Norfolk, Va., for Norfolk Terminal Corp. and Fred P. Gaskell Co., Inc.

Robert A. Cox, Jr., Richmond, Va., for Old Dominion Freight Line.


MEMORANDUM OF THE COURT

MERHIGE, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this action instituted suit on July 28, 1967, in the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, against the present defendant and third party plaintiff, The Transport Corporation, now known as Epes Transport System, Incorporated, hereinafter referred to as Transport, alleging negligence on the part of Transport in the shipping and handling of certain equipment, to-wit: ten cases of machinery...

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