Chicago & Erie Railroad v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Stephen A. Fostbb, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice F. A. Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought by the Chicago & Erie Railroad Company, appellee, in the Municipal Court of Chicago against the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, appellant, to recover demurrage or car service charges on 148 carloads of coal, the charges accruing while the cars were being held in appellee’s yards at Hammond, Indiana, awaiting consigning orders.
The cars in question were shipped by appellant from Berwind, West Virginia, consigned to itself flat at Chicago. The shipments cover a period from May 10, 1906, to December 7, 1906.…
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