shipping agent

shipping agent
An agent of a common carrier having general authority to make all reasonable contracts of carriage. 13 Am J2d Car § 227. An employee of an industry charged with duties respecting the obtaining of transportation for shipments of the products of his employer. A managing agent within the meaning of statutes concerning the service of process upon foreign corporations. Anno: 113 ALR 78, 79.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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