GOLD STAR MEAT CO. v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

No. 186-70.

438 F.2d 1270 (1971)

GOLD STAR MEAT COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clayton D. Knowles, Denver, Colo. (J. H. Anderson and H. F. Coray, Omaha, Neb., on the brief) for appellant.

Robert Leland Johnson, Denver, Colo., for appellee.

Before HILL, SETH and HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judges.


HILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Union Pacific Railroad appeals from a $3,169.35 judgment rendered against it by the trial court sitting without a jury. In sum, the trial court held that appellant negligently carried out its duties as a common carrier and in doing so caused appellee Gold Star to suffer the loss of its contract to supply a certain shipment of meat to a buyer in Memphis, Tennessee. Jurisdiction of this action is founded upon 28 U.S.C. § 1337.

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