Baltimore & O. C. Terminal R. v. Becker Milling Mach. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action by the Becker Milling Machine Company against the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
Railroad Company, defendant, admitted its liability for destruction of two milling machines, property of Becker Company, plaintiff, in transit from Chicago to Boston, and the only litigated question was the amount of recovery. Trial was -had' before the District Court without a jury.
Plaintiff at Boston was manufacturer of a particular type of milling machine devised by it, arid it owned the special plans, prints, patterns, dies, jigs, tools, etc., necessary for manufacturing. It also had its selling arrangements through which alone these machines, when new, could be…
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