Legal Opinion

Doster & McKibben v. Michigan Central Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 22, 1915No. Gen. No. 20,275Published

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. William N. Gemmill, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Scanlan

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called the plaintiffs, brought an action of the fourth class in the Municipal Court of Chicago against the defendant in error, hereinafter called the defendant, to recover damages for alleged negligence.

A carload of sheep, the property of the plaintiffs, was delivered by them to the C., K. & S. Ry. Co., at Delton, Michigan, on February 9, 1911, to be transported to Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois. The said railway company carried the car from Delton to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and there…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. HarrimanSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  4. Boston & Maine Railroad v. HookerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. KirbySupreme Court of the United States · 1912

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