Chicago Cold Storage Warehouse Co. v. Murphy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an action by a cold-storage company in Chicago to recover from the defendants, partners in the produce business in Topeka, a balance for freight, demurrage and storage paid on three carloads of turnips shipped by the defendants to Chicago, after giving credit for the amount for which the turnips were sold. The answer denied the authority of the plaintiff to pay the freight on any of the cars and to sell, or dispose of the turnips in two of the cars, and charged the plaintiff with carelessness and negligence in paying the freight…