Edwards v. Todd
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was tried at the August term, 1837, of the Cook tJircuit Court, before the Hon. Jesse B. Thomas. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff in the Court below for $354,66 and costs, from which the defendants appealed to this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, Justice
This was an action of assumpsit to recover the amount of freight agreed to be paid for the transportation and delivery of a certain quantity of merchandise, from Buffalo, in New York, to the port of Chicago, in the State of Illinois.
The declaration contains the usual counts. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and gave notice of their intention to give in evidence, under that plea, that a portion of the goods agreed to be transported, exceeding in value the whole amount of the freight claimed, was, through the negligence, carelessness, and improper conduct of the plaintiff, lost and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hanna v. PleasantsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1834