Jones v. Sherwood Distilling Co.

The chief cpiestions to be determined in this case are whether an exorbitant sum of money paid by the agent of the appellant to secure the release of two hundred barrels of whiskey, stored in the warehouse of the appellee, was paid voluntarily, or was paid under such circumstances as would render it a compulsory payment, land thus, entitle the appellant to recover the excess over and above the proper warehouse charges, and, further, whether or not this excess can be recovered from the appellee, even if the payment was compulsory.

Herbert K. Jones, of Boston, Mass., the appellant, being the…