Supreme Court of Vermont August 21, 1902 (Montpelier & Wells River R. R. Co. v. Macchi)

Stafford, J.

The defendant, a granite worker at Barre, Vt., having a job ready for shipment, called on the plaintiff for a car, and loaded it with his work, taking from the plaintiff’s billinlg clerk a bill of lading which named a party at West Seneca, N. Y., as consignee, and provided that the freight should be paid by the consignee or owner.