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GENERAL MOVERS, INC. v. JERNBERG FORGINGS COMPANY

No. 74-1895.

516 F.2d 1341 (1975)

GENERAL MOVERS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JERNBERG FORGINGS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Towle, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Harold E. Spencer, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, STEVENS, Circuit Judge and McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.

McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.

The issue in this case is clearly and briefly stated by appellee:

"May a carrier avoid the force and effect of a shipper's execution of the non-recourse clause on the prescribed standard form of a bill of lading by claiming that the shipper misdescribed the goods?"

During the period covered by the complaint, the appellee, Jernberg Forgings Company, shipped, via the appellant, General Movers, Inc., a common carrier...

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