Ed. Hockaday & Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. , 201 Ill. App. 453 ( 1916 )

Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Carriers, § 162^*—what is effect of failure to timely present claim for damages. Failure of a consignee of goods to present a claim in writing to the carrier within four months, as stipulated in the bill of lading, after the time delivery should have been made, held to preclude a recovery by him for damages for nondelivery.