Frosty Land Foods shipped a load of beef from its

plant in Montgomery, Alabama, to Scott Meat Co.

in Los Angeles via Refrigerated Transport Co.

(RTC), a common carrier. Early Wednesday morning,

December 7, at 12:55 A.M., two of RTC's drivers

left the Frosty Land plant with the load of beef.

The bill of lading called for delivery at Scott Meat on

Friday, December 9, at 6:00 A.M. The RTC drivers

arrived in Los Angeles at approximately 3:30 P.M. on

Friday, December 9. Scott notified the drivers that it

could not process the meat at that time. The drivers

checked into a motel for the weekend, and the load

was delivered to Scott on Monday, December 12.

After inspecting 65 of the 308 carcasses, Scott

determined that the meat was in off condition and

refused the shipment. On Tuesday, December 13,

Frosty Land sold the meat, after extensive trimming,

at a loss of $13,529. Frosty Land brought suit against

RTC for its loss. Decide.