New York Central Railroad v. Platt & Brahm Coal Co.

Plaintiff, a common carrier, commenced an action in the municipal court of Chicago in November, 1922, to recover a balance of freight charges, amounting to $11.53, on a shipment of a carload of coal in November, 1917, from Prairie, Illinois, to defendant at Chicago, Illinois, reeonsigned en route by defendant to Dean Fuel & Supply Company at Jackson, Michigan, over plaintiff’s railroad. The cause was tried before the court without a jury solely on stipulated facts, in February, 1924, resulting in a finding and judgment in favor of defendant, and plaintiff appealed.

The material facts, as…