Chicago & North Western Railroad v. Church
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. John V. Eustace, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtLacey, J.
The appellants were sued by appellees as common carriers to recover for the loss of sixty-five barrels ot flour and eiglity-one bags of bran and middlings which they claim the former agreed to transport from Sterling, in the State of Illinois, to North Anson, in the State of Maine, and there deliver to the shippers’ order alleging also as a breach that the goods were carried carelessly and negligently and delivered to one C. 0. Beal without any order or authority of appellees, and were thereby wholly lost.
The second count in the declaration avers that the goods were to be transported the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. FrankenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Field v. Chicago & Rock Island RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Erie Railway Co. v. WilcoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co. v. LeysorIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railway Co. v. MerrimanIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
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- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. SimonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895