Buckingham v. Fisher
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by August Fisher against John Buckingham, Ebenezer Buckingham and the Illinois Central Railroad Company. The opinion of the court contains a substantial, statement of the facts of the case.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by August Fisher against John Buckingham, Ebenezer Buckingham and the Illinois Central Railroad Company. The opinion of the court contains a substantial, statement of the facts of the case. A trial was had in the circuit court, resulting in a verdict finding the two Buckinghams guilty, and assessing the plaintiff’s damages at $850, and finding the railroad company not guilty. The court, overruling a motion for a new trial, rendered judgment upon the verdict, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
Appellants, when this suit was brought, held a lease from the Illinois Central Railroad Company, of a warehouse and the ground upon which the house was erected. They were using it for the storage of grain consigned to them and other persons in the city. The railway company discharged the grain it transferred from the country to the city, into this warehouse. It was located on the bank of the Chicago river, on the margin of which there was a dock at which lake vessels landed, and received cargoes of grain from the warehouse, for shipment to the eastern markets. There was an open space between…
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