Johnston v. Western Maryland Railway Co.

Thomas Johnston, trading as Thomas Johnston & Company, was a grain merchant in Baltimore. H. J. Stevens was a Canadian grain dealer operating at Chatham, Canada. For several years Stevens shipped grain to Johnston to be sold on commission.

The transactions out of which this suit grew involved fifteen car loads of wheat. The claim is for the difference between the aggregate amount of drafts accepted and paid by Johnston on account of these shipments and the aggregate proceeds from the fifteen car loads when sold. This difference resulted partly from short weights and partly from a decline in…