Woodbury v. Frink
Illinois Supreme Court
The facts of this case will be found in the opinion. The cause was heard before Kellogg, Judge, and a jury, at November term, 1851, of the Peoria Circuit Court, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendants in error.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This was an action of assumpsit brought by Woodbury against Frink, in August, 1850. It was alleged in the declaration, that the defendant, as a common carrier for hire, in September, 1847, at Peoria, received from the plaintiff a trunk containing wearing apparel of the value of $100, and undertook to carry it by stage to Springfield ; and that he never delivered the trunk, but lost the same, ’ The plea was nonassumpsit.. It appeared in evidence, that the defendant, in the fall of 1847, agreed to carry the plaintiff’s trunk from Peoria to Springfield, for a stated compensation. The proof also…
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