Knight v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
This was an action of assumpsit brought by appellants against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company.
The declaration contained a count against the railway company as a common carrier, in which it was alleged that the defendant, having received from one G. T. Potter a large number of bales of cotton, described in certain bills of lading acknowledging receipt thereof, thereby agreed safely to carry the same from Texarkana, in the State of Arkansas, to St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, and thence to Woonsocket, in the State of Rhode Island, and avers that, in violation of its…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McJilton v. LoveIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. MaherIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Chapman v. McGrewIllinois Supreme Court · 1858
- Hughes v. TrahernIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad v. LarnedIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
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