Bruner v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.

On October 31, 1921, the plaintiff, Sam Bruner, brought suit, in a fourth-class case, in the municipal court of Chicago against the defendant, Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, and against the St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company (hereinafter called the Soo Line) for damages to a shipment of apples from Gooding, Michigan. There was a trial before the court, without a jury, and finding and judgment for the plaintiff and against the defendant, Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, in the sum of $480.85. This appeal is therefrom.

At the trial but two witnesses were called: the plaintiff,…