Babbitt v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John R. Newcomer, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
This is an action on a breach of contract for loss of goods in an inter-State commerce transaction. Defendants in error sold a car-load of beans to the A. J. Thompson Company, of Kansas City, Missouri, for a specified price of $1683.15, to be paid for on arrival of the shipment at Evansville, Indiana. Plaintiff in error issued a bill of lading “to order of A. J. Thoriipson & Co., destination Evansville, Ind., notify Ragon Bros.” The beans were on May 3, 1912, loaded and shipped from Millett, Michigan, and arrived at destination May 6, 1912. This bill of lading, with sight draft attached, was…
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