(Download) "Butler v. Bell Oil & Refining Co." by District Court of Appeal of California * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Butler v. Bell Oil & Refining Co.
- Author : District Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 07, 1945
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, who brought this action as the assignee for collection of the Bradley Truck Company. Plaintiffs assignor was at all times herein engaged in business as a licensed highway contract carrier under the Highway Carriers Act (Stats. 1935, chap. 223, as amended by Stats. of 1937 and 1939, respectively; Deerings Gen. Laws, Act 5129a, as amended), transporting property for compensation by motor vehicle over the public highways of the state. As such highway contract carrier, plaintiffs assignor transported crude oil for defendant (and its predecessor) from certain wells to defendants refinery. It charged and collected freight charges less than the minimum rates prescribed by the California Railroad Commission for such services. Plaintiff, therefore, seeks to recover the difference between the legally prescribed rate and the rate paid by the defendant pursuant to a purported contract with said carrier.