SCOTT TRUCK LINE, INC. v. CHICAGO, R. I. & P. R. CO.

No. 69 C 2626.

312 F.Supp. 511 (1970)

SCOTT TRUCK LINE, INC., Plaintiff, v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

April 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Dowd, Dowd, Dowd & Dowd, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

James E. Sykes and O. L. Houts, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

DECKER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a common carrier by truck, contracted with National Food Stores, Inc., to transport a cargo of meat from Denver to Chicago. It issued a through bill of lading to National and, pursuant to an existing agreement and supplemental agreement with defendant, delivered the cargo in a refrigerated trailer to defendant for shipment aboard one of its flatcars.1 When the train reached...

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