Stafford v. Watson
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Appeal from decree of the district court, dismissing the suit. [Case unreported.] In admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Justice.
This is a. suit, in personam, brought to recover damages, in the nature of demurrage, on account of the alleged detention of the brig Banner, owned by libel-lant, at Port Colborne. The cargo of the brig was corn, which was shipped on the 1st of May, 1863, at Chicago, by the respondents, as agents and forwarders, and consigned to H. Stearns, Montreal, in care of the Welland Railway Company, at Port Colborne, and was to be delivered at Port Colborne at the agreed rate of seven and a half cents per bushel. Outside of the terms of the bill of lading, there is proof that the…
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