Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Shoot.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for damages. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. 'James W. Craig, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume
Appellee recovered a verdict and judgment in the court below against appellant for $280, as his damages occasioned by the alleged delay in transporting 35 head of cattle from Charleston to Chicago.
At the conclusion of all the evidence the court gave a peremptory instruction directing the jury to find a verdict for appellee and to assess his damages at an amount equal to the difference, if any, in the market value of the cattle at Chicago between the time they would have arrived there if they had arrived without unreasonable delay, and the time to which they were unreasonably delayed by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wabash Railroad v. ThomasIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. JaggermanIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
3Cited by1 opinion
- Shoot v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908