Shellabarger Elevator Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William K. Whitfield, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
The Shellabarger Elevator Company brought this suit to recover from the Illinois Central Railroad Company, as a common carrier of grain, for losses claimed to have been sustained by plaintiff by reason of the failure to deliver at the destination points, parts of three different shipments made by plaintiff. Each shipment consisted of one car of com. The first car was shipped on January 12, 1914, from Argenta, Illinois ; the next January 16,1914, from Forsyth, Illinois, and the last May 28, 1914, from Emery, Illinois. All were shipped to Memphis, Tennessee. The waybills show the amounts of com…
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