S. Valentine & Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph B. David, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matchett
The plaintiff in this case recovered a judgment for the sum of $1,821.83 entered upon the verdict of a jury, returned under an instruction of the court so to do, all the evidence offered on behalf of the defendant having been stricken by the court on plaintiff’s motion.
The plaintiff sued for damages alleged to have been sustained by it on 150 barrels of China wood oil, shipped by the lines of defendant, a common carrier, from San Francisco, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
The declaration alleged default in the promise of defendant to safely and securely carry the same, and in an amended bill…
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- Cunard S. S. Co. v. KelleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
- King v. BarbarinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917
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