Walker v. Keenan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. On the showing of the record, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad, commencing, it may be assumed, at some point west or southwest of the state Missouri, passes through Kansas Oity, in that state, to its terminal station or freight depot on or near the corner of Twelfth and State streets, Chicago.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. On the showing of the record, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad, commencing, it may be assumed, at some point west or southwest of the state Missouri, passes through Kansas Oity, in that state, to its terminal station or freight depot on or near the corner of Twelfth and State streets, Chicago. About 10 miles back from this terminal station, a switch track runs from the main line of the road some 6 miles to a point of junction with the track of the Union Stock-Yards &…
1Opinion of the CourtShowalter, Circuit Judge
In the recital in Keenan’s waybill, “To be delivered at Chicago station at rate of tariff,” which is otherwise in print, the word “Chicago” was evidently written on a space left blank by the printer. This was done at Kansas City. It is obvious from the showing of the record that cattle consigned to Keenan were not, within his understanding, to be unloaded and delivered at any station in Chicago on appellants’ line of road. The cattle were to be taken to the Union Stock Yards, where Keenan did business. The case of the two cars mentioned in said waybill is nowise different, as affecting the…
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