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TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. DOWNER

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78 U.S. 129 (1871)

11 Wall. 129

20 L.Ed. 160

TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, v. DOWNER.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 10, 1871.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.N. Jewett and G.B. Hibbard, for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. J.T. Mitchell, contra:

Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

On the trial the plaintiff made out a primâ facie case by producing the bill of lading, showing the receipt of the coffee by the company at New York, and the contract for its transportation to Chicago, and by proving the arrival of the coffee at the latter place in the propeller Brooklyn in a ruined condition, and the consequent damages sustained. The company...

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