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  "name": "Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Otto H. Hedrich, trading as Otto H. Hedrich & Company, Defendant in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Hedrich",
  "decision_date": "1916-11-14",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 21,715",
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    "parties": [
      "Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Otto H. Hedrich, trading as Otto H. Hedrich & Company, Defendant in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice McGoorty\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice McGoorty"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Loesch, Scofield & Loesch, for plaintiff in error.",
      "No appearance for defendant in error."
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    "head_matter": "Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Otto H. Hedrich, trading as Otto H. Hedrich & Company, Defendant in Error.\nGen. No. 21,715.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John C. Work, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1915.\nReversed.\nOpinion filed November 14, 1916.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway .Company, a corporation, plaintiff, against Otto H. Hedrich, trading as Otto H. Hedrich & Company, defendant, in the Municipal Court of Chicago, to recover transportation charges on a carload of coal consigned to defendant. To reverse a judgment for defendant on his set-off, plaintiff prosecutes this writ of error.\nAfter the arrival of the shipment, defendant reconsigned to the Pennsylvania Company, a connecting carrier, \u201ccharges to follow.\u201d Defendant pleaded as a set-off the amount of demurrage charges paid to the Pennsylvania Company. It also paid to plaintiff, after suit brought and before trial, the amount of the transportation charges, and the cause was tried on the set-off. It was admitted that plaintiff knew nothing of and had no interest in the demurrage charges, .and never received any part of them.\nLoesch, Scofield & Loesch, for plaintiff in error.\nNo appearance for defendant in error.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Cabbiers, \u00a7 50 \u2014when reconsignment creates new contract. Where a consignee, after the arrival of a shipment at its destination, orders the initial carrier to turn it over to a connecting carrier for delivery to a different party, such reconsignment creates a new contract. \u2022\n2. Carriers, \u00a7 188*\u2014when liability of initial carrier for acts of connecting carrier ceases. An initial carrier is not liable for the acts of a connecting carrier after transportation has ceased.\n3. Cabbiers, \u00a7 208*\u2014What is the nature of demurrage charges. Demurrage charges are no part of and are separate and distinct from transportation charges, arising, if at all, after the transportation has ended.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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