Erie Railroad v. Wanaque Lumber Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Paekeb, J.

This is an action by a carrier to recover from the defendant lumber company freight charges and demurrage on four separate carloads of merchandise, and demurrage alone on a fifth, freight on that car having been paid. One car, No. 100,824, was consigned to the defendant. One, No. 70,183, was shipped by a corporation named the Morse Company to their own order, and ordered delivered to defendant on payment of freight. The remaining three cars were consigned by a firm named Alcott & Company to their own order, and ordered delivered to defendant…