Frontier S. S. Co. v. Central Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Suit by the Frontier Steamship Company against the Central Coal / Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Appellant, a New York corporation, is engaged in transportation upon the Great Lakes. Appellee is a corporation of Wisconsin, and is a large dealer in coal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Suit by the Frontier Steamship Company against the Central Coal / Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Appellant, a New York corporation, is engaged in transportation upon the Great Lakes. Appellee is a corporation of Wisconsin, and is a large dealer in coal. Appellant, on September 25, 1912, brought this suit against appellee in the District Court to recover freight charges earned by its steamer Munro in carrying coal from Lorain, Ohio, and’delivering same to appellee at…
1Opinion of the CourtKohrsaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is appellant’s contention that the receipt of the bills of lading by ap-pellee and its acceptance of the two cargoes of coal covered thereby created an absolute liability on appellee’s part to pay the freight charges to appellant. It is also contended that appellee is liable for the freight as consignor. It is no doubt the general rule that the fact that a consignee named in a bill of lading received by him which provides that the cargo is to be delivered upon his paying the freight, who accepts the goods described therein, is evidence sufficient to…
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