Western Union Cold Storage Co. v. Hurd

PHIEIPS, District Judge.

This controversy grows out of the following state of facts, substantially: The plaintiff corporation was doing business in the city of Chicago, 111., in 1897 and 1898, which *443business was that of storing in cold storage, for hire, goods, etc., for persons who might desire to do business with the plaintiff, and making advances in cash to its customers upon the goods so stored, and for paying freight, insurance, and other charges against the goods, and selling the same for its customers, and making remittances at stated times. The defendant was engaged in business at…