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Carriers Distinction Between Common Carriers And Contract Carriers, Marcus L. Plant
Carriers Distinction Between Common Carriers And Contract Carriers, Marcus L. Plant
Michigan Law Review
In the recent case of Ace-High Dresses, Inc. v. J.C. Trucking Co., the defendant was a corporation organized for the purpose of doing a general trucking business. At the time of the suit it was operating under separate contracts with five dressmaking establishments, one of which was the plaintiff. Under these contracts the defendant trucked dress goods every day except Sunday. The goods were taken on in New York, carried to New Haven, Hartford or Bridgeport, left there until processed, and then taken back to New York. The defendant's drivers had keys to the factories of the processors, entered …