Libro v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eldredge
Appellee procured a judgment against appellant for the sum of seventy-five dollars in an action of trespass on the case to recover the value of five calves shipped from the National Stockyards at East St. Louis to the Town of Dorchester, Illinois. A trial was had before the court without a jury.
At 11 o’clock on the morning of May 29, 1913, appellee bought sixty-eight head of calves through the commission firm of D. C. Smith Company, at the National Stockyards at East St. Louis. These calves were very poor, thin and weak. They had come from a quarantined area in one of the southern states and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mynard v. Syracuse, Binghamton & New York RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Pennsylvania Co. v. Kenwood Bridge Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. HarmonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1882
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BrelsfordAppellate Court of Illinois · 1883