Alton v. Mineral Point & Northern Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. J. Cooke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiffs brought suit against defendant to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by them on account of unreasonable delay in the transportation of cattle from Linden, Wisconsin, to Chicago. There was a verdict and judgment in plaintiffs’ favor for the amount of their claim, viz., $433.35, and the case is here on defendant’s appeal.
The record discloses that on August 20, 1916, plaintiffs, who were in the stock raising business near Linden, Wisconsin, loaded 28 head of cattle and some hogs in two of defendant’s cars for…
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