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KEYSTONE MOTOR FREIGHT LINES v. BRANNON-SIGNAIGO C. CO.

No. 9502.

115 F.2d 736 (1940)

KEYSTONE MOTOR FREIGHT LINES v. BRANNON-SIGNAIGO CIGAR CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 29, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. J. Shaeffer, of Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Nelson Scurlock, of Fort Worth, Tex., for appellees.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment holding the Keystone Motor Freight Lines liable, as a connecting common carrier for hire, for the value of a shipment of cigars which was stolen from it, due to no negligence on its part, before delivery to the consignee. The Keystone contends that it was not a connecting or delivering carrier; that a tender of delivery had satisfied the "due diligence" burden upon it if it was a connecting or delivering carrier...

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