Altamont Manufacturing Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Effingham county; the Hon. William B. Weight, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1921.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee instituted suit before a police magistrate to recover from appellant damages for the delivery to appellee of a telegram purporting to have been sent by the Lafayette Produce Company of Lafayette, Indiana, ordering a carload of merchandise. On arrival of the merchandise at Lafayette, the Produce Company refused to receive it, claiming they had not sent the telegram. The goods were returned to appellee and this suit was brought November 29, 1919, to recover the freight charges and other expenses. After several continuances…
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