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COMPTROLLER GENERAL. OF THE UNITED STATES
WASfINGTON. D.C.20h4
3476M83
40 November 21,g 1973
Kurphy Motor Freight Ltnes9 Cca.
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Saint Paus l, Miwesta0
Atteiticn: Jamesa rkor
Diretor of qualty Ccntrol
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R yw letter of October )2, 1973, ou request recxasideration
of our deaison of June 7 l173s 176881 2 Cop. Gn. ,0=9
Xutuining the setoff of' f11f,65 in freight charges ainst a-
damaf y cai of 6,pCQ.23 in the ahipent of tour sets of sdtcbei
(conststing of 33 pieco) by Garrett relghtlinea And Murpby Motor
rirefglt Lines, Inc., Ir Coulee Dm, Waushinon, to ranite allF s
Minnesta, under Goverment bill of lading D&5(72240 dated
November J..9.691,
Zn that decisloap9w noted that Ya did not seek to rebut the
Pr m facie case of carrier liability eiftablished by the hipper,
,,eo lcclanton9 fepartmern,.i the Interior. The burden
tma, therebyt shifted to the carrier'to prove that it was not
negligent ard that the allege4 neglgence of the shipper (ise.,
iUproper ) vas the sol cauae of the damage to the shiplernt,
Bee Missouri Pacific' Railroad Co. v. F are & StahlR-Oius.se134s
(1964)v. lisOfficethen- gummed, arauendopthat the ahi ient
ns improperly loaded by the shipper a that this vis the prnadnte
cause of the 6dage. Reverthelama, your corporation was held liabIs
for the d age because it failed to offer any proof tending to show
thit the lQOAbfl' defect was latat and concealed sad not discernible
to the ordinary obserntio of the carrIer's agent. United States .
sava e Truck ine, [no., 209 I. 2d 442, k45 (4th Cir.1-3), col.
den e9347 11.8. 952 1954). Morewnr, It s aparweat tsyoUr
Utter of November 9# 1919 to the Bua of Reclmatiou, that an
cmant of Garrett ?reightlinei had not only the opprtwlity to observe
eMa inspet the pa0ng and loading of the ahpnet, but actively
Wtipat4 n the fodnit of the shilmet
Zn yor reqnst for reccsidertion, you at Ma sert that the
daen to the switches was caused by the imper laing of the
shipper.v As iz nr ner deiah, even if we e auatu- that tes
shippr win nogegt aMthat ths qlgnce roxiately caused
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