Legal Opinion

Ruddell v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 11, 1912No. Gen. No. 16,691PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Stephen A. Poster, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Duncan

delivered the opinion of the court.

May 14, 1910, judgment was entered in the lower court for $602.75 against The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in favor of Thomas C. Ruddell, assignee of J. H. Seward, as damages to 362 boxes of oranges shipped from McPherson, Cal., to Baltimore, Md., by reason of the railroad company’s failure to use proper care of said oranges as a common carrier. This is the second judgment in this cause reviewed by an Appellate Court of this district, and we refer to the opinion of Presiding Justice Holdom in 152 Ill. App. 218, for a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lewis v. Galena & Chicago Union RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  2. Wabash Railroad Co. v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
  3. Sheble v. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Missouri Pacific R'y Co. v. BreedingCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890
  5. Michigan Central Railroad v. Chicago Electric Vehicle Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1906

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Freedman v. Erie RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1927
  2. Jennings v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915
  3. Trott v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915
  4. Bruner v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1925
  5. Neuman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1920

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