Edson Keith & Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Marcus A. Kavahagh, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pam
This is a suit in assumpsit brought by Edson Keith & Company, a corporation, appellee, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, appellant, hereinafter refei red to as the defendant, for damages sustained by reason of the breach of a contract for the transportation of certain goods, wares and merchandise from Chicago, consigned to one T. Anson, Aspen, Colorado.
The declaration, which consisted of but one count, charged that the plaintiff delivered to the defendant on July 22, 1903, six cases of dry goods and millinery, to be carried by…
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. DuncanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Michigan Central Railroad v. HarvilleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
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