Illinois Central Railroad v. Hornberger
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. Lyman Lacey, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by the appellee, against the ’ appellant as a common carrier, for not furnishing transportation for a lot of corn. The opinion of the court states the material facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
Tn the month of January, I860, appellee, who was a grain merchant on the line of appellant’s road, contracted with Cobb, Blaisdell & Co. to sell them 20.000 bushels of corn, to be delivered" at Cairo on or before the first day of the next March. Afterwards, the contract was changed to 50,000 bushels, and subsequently the time for its delivery was, by agreement of the parties, extended until the first day of April. This contract, with its modifications, was known to appellant’s agent at Macon station. The purchasers of this grain from appellee were large contractors of grain to the general…
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