Kingsbury v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. J. F. Gillham, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
On May 16, 1918, at about 3:30 p. m., appellee delivered to the agent of appellant at East 'St. Louis, Illinois, a mare for shipment over its railroad to W. T. Dethridge, at Brighton, Illinois, a distance of about 38 miles. The mare was accustomed to shipment in cars and was in good condition, but was heavy with foal. She was loaded about 4:30 p. m. in a box or grain car, and tied in one end of the same by ropes from her halter to cleats nailed on the sides of the car.
At that time appellant’s train No. 80 left East St. Louis at…
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- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. PattonIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. MontgomeryIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co. v. KahnIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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