Illinois Southern Railway Co. v. Antoon

Hr. Justice Creighton

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit commenced before a justice of the peace of Marion county, by appellee against appellant, to recover for certain articles of merchandise stolen from a “ telescope” in the waiting room of appellant’s passenger station at Salem, Illinois. -From the judgment rendered by the justice the case was appealed to the Circuit Court, where it was tried by a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $195.

Appellee, a peddler, appeared at appellant’s station in Centraba, with two pieces of baggage, a trunk and a…