Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Dorsey Fuel Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of trover. Appeal from the City Court of Alton; the Hon. Alexander W. Hope, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1903.
1Per curiam
This was a suit in trover brought in the City Court of Alton by appellee against appellant. The declaration charged appellant with .converting to its own use 54,000 pounds of lump coal loaded in a certain freight car marked “ St. L., A. & S. 61884,” and 43,000 pounds of nut coal loaded in a certain freight car marked “ C., P. & St. L. 3169,” the property of appellee, of the value of $100.
The general issue was filed and there was a verdict in the court below against appellant for $100, and judgment having been entered for that amount, an appeal was taken to this court.
Appellee is a corporation…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Schumacher v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Schumacher v. Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1903
3Cited by3 opinions
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. SearlesMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- 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