B-212991: Nov 28, 1983

An advance decision was requested concerning the propriety of the payment of freight charges to a trucking firm for transportation services provided under a Government bill of lading. The Army had declined to pay this claim and had submitted it to the General Services Administration (GSA) for disposition because a firm with a similar name and same address appeared on a holdup list of firms filing...

B-212991: Nov 28, 1983

BURDEN OF SHOWING THAT A NEW COMPANY IS NOT A MERE CONTINUATION OF AN OLD COMPANY IS ON THE COMPANY SEEKING TO AVOID LIABILITY FOR THE DEBTS OF THE OLD COMPANY. 2. DIRECT RECOVERY FROM NEW COMPANY IS PROPER WHERE RECORD ESTABLISHES THAT THE NEW COMPANY IS EITHER IDENTICAL TO THE PREDECESSOR COMPANY OR. THE REQUEST ARISES BECAUSE THERE IS A JAMES W. TATE/JAMAR TRUCKING (JAMAR-1) WHICH HAD PREVIOUSL...