American Merchants' Union Express Co. v. Schier
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. - This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Schier against the American Merchants’ Union Express Company, to recover the value of a trunk and its contents, received by the company for transportation, and not delivered by them at its destination, to the consignee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. - This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Schier against the American Merchants’ Union Express Company, to recover the value of a trunk and its contents, received by the company for transportation, and not delivered by them at its destination, to the consignee. It appears the trunk was transported to a point a few miles from the place of its destination, where it was placed in a warehouse which soon after, together with the trunk and its contents, was destroyed by fire. The company insist…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of assumpsit, brought to the Jo Daviess circuit court by Joseph Schier,against the American Merchants’ Union Express Company, to recover damages for the nondelivery of a trunk and its contents belonging to the plaintiff, of the value of $135, entrusted to the defendants as common carriers, at Galena, in this State, and consigned to plaintiff at West Goshen, in the State of Connecticut.
The jury found for the plaintiff the value of the trunk and contents in damages. A motion for a new trial was overruled and judgment rendered on the verdict, to reverse which the defendants…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Grace v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Adams Express Co. v. HaynesIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Bissel v. PriceIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
- Galena & Chicago Union Railroad v. RaeIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- Baldwin v. American Express Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1859
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- Lefebure v. American Express CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
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