Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Jenkins
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Bollin S. Williamson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It appears that Noyes & Messenger, a business firm in Chicago, had consigned to them a quantity of paper, from Clinton, Iowa, by the road of appellant. It arrived at its depot in Chicago on the 4th of July, 1872. The consignees were afterwards notified of its arrival. On the 11th of that month they paid the freight and removed one dray load, but the company refused to deliver the balance of the paper until the consignees should pay five dollars a day for each day it remained on the track after twenty-four” hours from the time of its arrival, which was claimed for demurrage. This the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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