Sawyer v. Cleveland Iron Min. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. , This was an action by Franklin J. Sawyer against the Cleveland Iron Mining Company upon a bill of lading. Upon the trial in the circuit court a verdict was directed for the plaintiff for $07.03, and judgment was entered accordingly. Plaintiff brings error, claiming a larger sum.
1Opinion of the Court
LAOOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The linn of A. J. Sawyer & Co., of Duluth, Minn., in April, 1890, were the owners of a large quantity of wheat lying in the Great Northern elevator at West Superior, a port close to Duluth. On the 28th of that month, the propeller Frontenae, belonging to the defendant, was chartered by said firm to transport a cargo of wheat from Duluth to Buffalo, N. Y., at a freight of 3-|: cents per bushel of (>0 pounds. On the same date, agreeably to instructions, the Frontenae presented herself at the elevator to receive her cargo. The grain was weighed, as it was *212loaded, under the…
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