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CHICAGO & N.W. RY. v. DURHAM CO.

No. 257.

271 U.S. 251 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 509

70 L.Ed. 931

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. ALVIN R. DURHAM COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.N. Van Doren, with whom Mr. Samuel H. Cady was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Joseph L. Hooper, with whom Messrs. Julius J. Patek, Myron H. Walker, and Solomon W. Patek were on the brief, for respondent Durham Company.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

By an interstate shipment made under the uniform order bill of lading the Chicago & Northwestern Railway received in 1921 at its yards in Ironton, Michigan, a boxcar containing apples consigned to the shipper's order, "Notify F.M. Larson." The car was placed on the "team track," which is one of the public delivery tracks used for unloading freight received in car...

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