MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. DERMOTT GROCERY AND COMMISSION COMPANY

No. 5-4955.

441 S.W.2d 798 (1969)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. DERMOTT GROCERY AND COMMISSION COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Smith and Michael G. Thompson, Little Rock, for appellant.

W. K. Grubbs, Sr., Eudora, for appellee.


BYRD, Justice.

The issue on this appeal is whether the appellant Missouri Pacific Railroad Company is entitled to collect from appellee Dermott Grocery and Commission Company, as consignee, unpaid charges on intrastate shipments of freight on bills of lading marked "prepaid." The Railroad claims an absolute right to collect the unpaid freight charges under Ark.Stat.Ann. §§ 73-1505 — 73-1507 (Repl.1957). The consignee, after receipt of the goods, had...

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