Davis v. Keystone Steel & Wire Co.

The defendant, the Keystone Steel and Wire Company, claiming that by a judgment rendered against it by the circuit court of Peoria county in favor of James C. Davis, agent of the United States under the provisions of the Transportation act of 1920, for $18,930, demurrage on certain cars delivered to defendant between August 5 and October 10, 1919, it has been deprived of its property without due process of law, in violation of the constitutions of the State of Illinois and of the United States, has appealed to this court.

The cause was heard by the court without a jury upon the plea of the…