Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. Lewis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for damages to goods. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Union County; the Hon. Alonzo K. Vickers, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was an action on the case, in the Circuit Court of Union County, by appellee against the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, the Wabash Railroad Company, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, and the Northern Pacific Railway Company, to recover for damage to a car load of sweet potatoes, while being transported from Alto Pass, Illinois, to Butte, Montana. During the progress of the trial appellee dismissed his suit as to all the defendants except the Northern Pacific Railway Company, and the case proceeded with that company as the sole defendant. Trial was by jury. Verdict…
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- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. SheaIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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