Finney v. Grand Trunk Ry. Co.

Blodgett, D. J.

This is a libel for damages by the owners of the schooner George G. Finney, by reason of alleged unreasonable delay in the discharge of the cargo of the schooner at Goderich. The undisputed facts are these: That the schooner was chartered in the city of Chicago, on October 18,1880, to carry a cargo of corn to Gode-rich, Canada. She took on her cargo, and sailed the day after she was chartered, which was October 19th. Her bill of lading showed a shipment of 20,055 bushels of com at the port of Chicago, to be transported to Goderich, and there delivered “for account of G. P.…