In re British American Cedar Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
In the matter of the British American Cedar Company, bankrupt. On review of order of referee allowing the Great Northern Railway Company a lien on certain machinery for freight.
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
In December, 1913, the bankrupt purchased a car load of machinery which was consigned to it over the Great Northern Railway, and arrived in Bellingham April 2, 1914. The car was “spotted” on the spur track leading, into the manufacturing plant of the bankrupt by the Great Northern Railway Company, through the Bellingham & Northern Railway Company. The car was unloaded by the bankrupt before the freight charges due for transportation had been paid. It is contended by the petitioner, the Great Northern Railway Company, that the car was unloaded without delivery to the…
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- 4,885 Bags of LinseedSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
- In re StoutDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1900
- Southern Pine Co. of Georgia v. Savannah Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1905
- Darlington v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1902
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