Waters v. Pfister & Vogel Leather Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Lawrence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. The defendant accepted delivery of goods transported from New York to Milwaukee, after passage of the Interstate Commerce Act, without paying in full the published tariff for such transportation.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Lawrence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. The defendant accepted delivery of goods transported from New York to Milwaukee, after passage of the Interstate Commerce Act, without paying in full the published tariff for such transportation. It appears that a bill of lading was issued by the Russian East Asiatic Steamship Com-party, Limited, at Riga, and immediately indorsed to defendant, and provided that the goods are “Shipped . . . by Ed. R. Lange in and upon the steamship called the Estonia ... to be delivered from the ship’s deck,…
1Opinion of the CourtRosenberry, J.
The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts. There is some dispute as to whether or not the bills of lading issued were through bills. Ed. R. Lange was the agent of the shippers, and the stipulation recites :
“Said Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company, Limited, issued and delivered to said Edward R. Lange two bills of lading for such shipment from Riga, Russia, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which were then and there assigned to the defendant, Pfister & Vogel Leather Company.”
It does not appear definitely whether, upon the goods reaching New York and being delivered by the steamship…
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