Conover v. Wabash Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Norman L. Jones, Judge, presiding. Heard' in this court at the April term, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
B. B. Conover, plaintiff, was in 1916 engaged in Sangamon county, Illinois, in buying and shipping grain. He brought suit to recover damages claimed to have been sustained on 7 carloads of shelled corn shipped at different times from Dawson, Illinois, to Baltimore, Maryland. The declaration contains a count based upon each car. In each count it is averred that plaintiff delivered a car of grain, giving the number of the car, to the defendant for transportation to Baltimore ; that it became the duty of the defendant to carry the grain within a reasonable time, and to use due care in caring for…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Southern Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. EstillSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. StarbirdSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Texas Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by6 opinions
- Barrett v. Van PeltSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Meyer v. PolivatAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
- Brown Coal Co. v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
- E. B. Conover & Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1918
- Gamble-Robinson Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.