Court Opinion

ID: 9671029
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:29:46.221601+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:07.790297
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
Appellant asserts, in its motion for rehearing, that the statements in the opinion that the bill of lading was not introduced in evidence, and that the record fails to disclose who the lawful holder of the bill of lading was at the material times, are contrary to the record which shows both the initial and subsequent bills of lading were introduced in evidence as appellant’s exhibits, and reflected appellee to be the lawful holder thereof. The opinion statements were drafted in the context of recitals about, and perhaps should have included specific denomination of, the shipper’s copy of the initial bill of lading held by appellee when the merchandise was first delivered to appellant for shipment. This bill of lading was not introduced in evidence. The bills of lading submitted by appellant were its carbon copies and revealed appellee to be the shipper but these bills, of course, would not and could not reveal whether appellee retained, or endorsed to Rowan, its shipper’s copy of the bill of lad*665ing so as to establish the lawful holder at the times relevant.
The motion for rehearing has been considered with care, but it does not actuate us to change our original holding that the cause of action is one for recovery on a contract for repairs independent of and not controlled by the preemptive provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act applied to a claim for damage to interstate commerce freight. Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.