Manson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

This is a libel in personam, for demurrage. On January 21st, 1885, the West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Railway Company shipped at Baltimore on board the schooner Henry Sutton, of which Gilbert Manson was master and managing owner, and the other libellants were co-owners, 980 tons of coal of 2240 pounds each, to be delivered to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company at the “ Consolidated Road Docks,” New Haven, for a specified freight. The railroad company is very commonly called “The Consolidated Road.” The bill of lading contained the following provision in regard to…