Legal Opinion
Boyer v. Chicago & Erie Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 24, 1913No. Gen. No. 17,741Published
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Anthony J. Clarity, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice F. A. Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
July 3, 1909, the plaintiff in error was engaged by a shipper of a carload of live poultry from Chicago to New York to accompany the poultry as the person in sole charge of the same. At the beginning of the journey, the plaintiff in error, for his own personal use and convenience, placed in the car in which the poultry was shipped a trunk containing certain of his clothes and personal effects and cooking utensils for cooking his meals on the journey. Plaintiff in error was the only person who had access to the car which was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Carpenter v. . N.Y., N.H. H.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Henderson v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Gleason v. Goodrich Transportation Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad v. MeyresIllinois Supreme Court · 1859