Berg v. Schreiber

Mr. Presiding Justice Feinberg

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendants by this appeal seek to reverse a judgment in favor of plaintiffs for $3,216.83, in an action to recover for damage to a shipment of Jeep parts delivered to defendants as common carriers at Butler, Pennsylvania, to be delivered to the plaintiffs’ place of business in Chicago, Illinois. The complaint alleged defendants were common carriers and undertook to safely transport said shipment for a reward to be paid by plaintiffs to defendants upon the delivery of said merchandise. Defendants, in an amended answer to the…