NORFOLK TERMINAL CORP. v. UNITED STATES LINES, INC.


205 S.E.2d 400 (1974)

215 Va. 80

NORFOLK TERMINAL CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES LINES, INC., a foreign corporation.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. McNeal, III, Norfolk (Wolcott, Spencer, Rivers & McNeal, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

John W. Winston, Norfolk (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J. and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.


COCHRAN, Justice.

On November 14, 1969, the PIONEER CRUSADER, a ship operated by United States Lines, Inc. (U.S. Lines), sailed from Norfolk, leaving on the pier a number of cartons of cotton goods owned by Dan River International Corporation (Dan River) which had been booked for the voyage. After paying Dan River the sum of $4,756.81 in settlement of its claim for non-delivery of the cartons to its consignee in Hong Kong, U.S. Lines filed a motion for judgment against...

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