Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. v. McColdrick Lumber Co.

Citations

• 119 Wash. 119
• 204 P. 1059
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 744

Syllabus

<p>Carriers (5) — Regulation and Control — Demurrage Charges— Delivery of Cars. A railroad company did not make legal delivery of cars, and could not recover demurrage charges where, owing to unprecedented floods, cars of logs consigned to defendant, could not be placed at the usual unloading place or near the plant or unloading spur so that they could be unloaded.</p> <p>Same. There was no delivery of cars of logs, to start demur-rage charges, where owing to unprecedented floods, the railroad company was unable to move the cars to a position where they could be unloaded, according to the usual custom.</p>