UNIVERSAL C & D CO. v. CHIPPEWA MOTOR FREIGHT

No. 77-018.

91 Wis.2d 783 (1979)

284 N.W.2d 79

UNIVERSAL CARLOADING & DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHIPPEWA MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Wilcox & Wilcox of Eau Claire.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Benjamin D. Proctor and Hibbard, Proctor & Schrage of Eau Claire; and James L. Nelson of St. Paul, Minnesota.


COFFEY, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eau Claire county dismissing an action of indemnification for loss of merchandise in transit.

The plaintiff-appellant, Universal Carloading & Distributing Co., Inc. (hereinafter called Universal), is a foreign corporation doing business in Wisconsin as a freight forwarder and thus specializes in the handling and transfer of freight in quantities of less than a rail carload or truckload...

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