Shelton v. . Merchants' Dispatch Trans. Co.

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The referee refused to find that, previous to the shipment in question, H.B. Claflin Co. had been large shippers by the defendant's line, and had been always accustomed to obtain bills of lading for the goods shipped; and also that the defendants were carriers upon a route terminating at Chicago, and not extending to Janesville, Wisconsin; and that between the latter points transportation had to be performed by separate and independent carriers. These matters…