ELGIN, JOLIET & EASTERN RAILWAY, ACORPORATION v. STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Case summary
The claimant sought demurrage charges for delayed unloading of building material cars delivered to the Illinois State Penitentiary. The court followed its prior decision in Peoria & Pekin Union R. R. Co. v. State, and awarded $589.00 based on a stipulation between the parties.
Cases cited: Peoria & Pekin Union R. R. Co. v. State
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Headnotes
- DEMURRAGE-when State liable therefor. This case is similar to that of
ELGIN, JOLIET & EASTERN RAILWAY, A CORPORATION v.
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Opinion filed January 19, 1921.
DEMURRAGE-when State liable therefor. This case is similar to that of Peoria & Pekin Union R. R. Co. v. State, Supra, and the decision of the Court there announced governs this case as to the liability of State for the demurrage claimed.
Edward J. Brundage, Attorney General, for State.
This is a claim for demurrage on cars of building material delivered by the claimant to the Illinois State penitentiary, a State institution located at Joliet, Illinois, during a period of time extending from February 20th, 1916, to February 28, 1917. The liability of the State for demurrage has already been settled in cases recently decided before this Court. A stipulation has been entered into between the claimant and the State fixing the amount due from the State to the claimant for this demurrage at the sum of five hundred eighty-nine dollars ($589.00), and the State consents that judgment may be entered in that amount. We accordingly award the claimant the sum of five hundred eighty-nine dollars ($589.00) in payment of this claim.