Chicago & Northwestern Railroad v. Sawyer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. William A. Porter, Judge, presiding. The appellee, being an i mporter of teas, shipped from San Francisco, by railroad, consigned to J. M. Chapman, No. 81 South Water street, Chicago, as one shipment, 354 half chests of tea, for' which a bill of lading was issued to him by the carrier, and by him forwarded to Chapman, his agent.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. William A. Porter, Judge, presiding. The appellee, being an i mporter of teas, shipped from San Francisco, by railroad, consigned to J. M. Chapman, No. 81 South Water street, Chicago, as one shipment, 354 half chests of tea, for' which a bill of lading was issued to him by the carrier, and by him forwarded to Chapman, his agent. In consequence of the duty to the government not having been paid, these goods were taken from a bonded warehouse in San Francisco to be transported to another collection district, and there delivered into a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
This suit was brought by appellee against appellant to recover for 174 chests of tea, shipped by the former, in bond, from San Francisco, being part of an invoice of 354 chests, and received while in transit bv appellant at Omaha, to be transported for hire on its cars from thence to Chicago, and there, under the provisions of the act of Congress and regulations of the revenue department in that behalf, delivered into a bonded warehouse.
The entire invoice arrived in Chicago, but in separate lots, on the 4th day of October, 1871. As to one lot, of 180 chests, appellant’s agents gave notice to…
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