WHITEHALL PACKING CO. v. SAFEWAY TRUCK LINES

No. 483.

68 Wis.2d 369 (1975)

228 N. W. 2d 365

WHITEHALL PACKING COMPANY, INC., Respondent, v. SAFEWAY TRUCK LINES, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Schnurrer & Skemp of La Crosse, and oral argument by William P. Skemp.

For the respondent there was a brief by Thomas M. Olson and Bosshard, Sundet, Nix & Talcott, all of La Crosse, and oral argument by Mr. Olson.


CONNOR T. HANSEN, J.

Whitehall is a beef slaughtering concern with its offices in Whitehall, Wisconsin. Whitehall engaged Safeway to transport a consignment of 40 barrels of fresh meat to Howard Johnson's in New York, with an additional consignment of 105 quarters of fresh carcass meat consigned to the Meilman Packing Company, also in New York.

The meat was loaded in the Safeway truck on July 17, 1969. The hanging meat was placed in the front of the truck...

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