Gratiot Street Warehouse Co. v. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyers, Judge, presiding. This is an action of assumpsit, brought on the 30th day of April, 1901, in the circuit court of St. Clair county by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error on two bills of lading. The declaration contains two counts.
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Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyers, Judge, presiding. This is an action of assumpsit, brought on the 30th day of April, 1901, in the circuit court of St. Clair county by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error on two bills of lading. The declaration contains two counts. The first count alleges that, on June 22, 1895, plaintiff in error delivered to defendant in error 40,000 pounds of corn in good order, its property, and of the value of $1000.00 to be carried…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
It is conceded that, when the car-loads of corn, which were shipped from East St. Louis to Macon, Georgia, arrived at the latter place, the corn was seriously damaged. The defendant in error is sued as a common carrier, and the declaration is upon the written bills of lading, issued by the defendant in error. As the case was tried before the court without a jury,'the questions of fact are settled by the judgment of the trial court in favor of defendant in error, and the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the trial court. The questions of fact were, whether the corn was…
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