Van Schaack v. Northern Transp. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
On the 21st day'of September, 1S71, Donald Kennedy, the agent of the plaintiffs, shipped from Boston to Chicago, one hundred and sixty cases of drugs called “Medical Discovery.”
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On the 21st day'of September, 1S71, Donald Kennedy, the agent of the plaintiffs, shipped from Boston to Chicago, one hundred and sixty cases of drugs called “Medical Discovery.” They were shipped by the Northern Transportation Company, defendant, and arrived in Chicago, the port of destination, where the plaintiffs resided and did business at that time, on the afternoon of Saturday, the 7th of October. 1871, by the steamer Milwaukee, belonging to the Northern Transportation Company. The goods were landed and placed in the warehouse of the defendant, on the dock, shortly after the arrival of…
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge.
I shall decide the case on the ground that there was a bill of lading which was a contract between the parties, exempting the defendant from loss by fire. There is considerable difficulty in relation to the question of notice, whether or not the plaintiffs had a reasonable time after the notice was given, if given, to remove the goods from their place of deposit after they were landed. It is not necessary to decide the case on that ground; but I think that the weight of evidence is that there was a contract between these parties, which constituted the measure of…
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- Bingham v. RogersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
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