Looney v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. William N. Gemhill, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1914.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Fitch
delivered" the opinion of the court.
These two cases were tried together in the Municipal Court, and have been consolidated for hearing in this court. A verdict and judgment were rendered in the Municipal Court in each case against the appellant Railroad Company for damages resulting from the negligent transportation of sheep from Weiser, Idaho, to Chicago.
The two shipments were carried in the same train. The shipment of appellee Looney consisted of 3,849 “lambs,” and the Seawell shipment consisted of 2,588 sheep, of which 143 were yearling wethers, and the remainder…
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