Gregg v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. S. P. McConnell, Judge, presiding. • On the 25th of July, 1888, appellant shipped by appellee’s road two carloads of corn in bulk, from Lodi, Illinois, and on July 28, 1888, three carloads from Ludlow, Illinois, consigned, “Order Jos.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. S. P. McConnell, Judge, presiding. • On the 25th of July, 1888, appellant shipped by appellee’s road two carloads of corn in bulk, from Lodi, Illinois, and on July 28, 1888, three carloads from Ludlow, Illinois, consigned, “Order Jos. Gregg & Go., Augusta, Georgia,” with directions to “notify Dunbar & Co.” The record shows that the five carloads of corn reached Augusta during the period from August 2 to August 11, 1888, over the Georgia railroad, the terminal…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shore
The principal question presented is, whether the relation -of appellee to the corn shipped by appellant was that of common carrier, at the time it was damaged. It is suggested, rather than argued, that appellee, as the initial carrier, limited, by contract, its liability for damages to such as might occur while carrying upon its own lines of road, and that it is not, therefore, liable for the conduct of connecting lines over which the freight -was carried to its destination. In the view we take of the case it is unnecessary to discuss or determine this question. (See Illinois Central Railroad…
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