Illinois Central Railroad v. Jonte

The declaration in this case contains a single count in assumpsit upon a contract by appellant, as a common carrier of goods for hire, to safely carry a lot of broom-corn from Humboldt, in the State of Illinois, to Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, and there deliver- the same to appellee in good order. It avers the delivery of the corn at Philadelphia by the carrier in a damaged condition whereby plaintiff sustained damages.

The first error assigned tpiestions the correctness of the ruling of the trial court in refusing to admit in evidence on behalf of appellant, the following…