Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Propst Lumber Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of trover. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar County; the Hon. H. Van Sellar, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gest
This is an action in trover by appellee against appellant.' The defendant filed a special plea setting up that it received the carload of lumber in controversy on one of its cars at Paris, in said county, consigned to appellee, placed the same on a side-track at that station where it could be conveniently unloaded by appellee, and gave notice thereof to appellee and also notified appellee that under the rule of appellant, appellee must unload the lumber from the car within forty-eight hours after such notice, and that appellant would charge one dollar per day or fractional part of a day after…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Schumacher v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1904
3Cited by2 opinions
- Pennsylvania, Co. v. W. A. Fraser Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1912
- Purcell v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Circuit Court · 1893