Lewellyn v. Pere Marquette Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Charles B. Jennings, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gridley
Under the stipulated facts of this case it appears that on January 4,1911, at Scottville, Michigan, the defendant company received from the plaintiff for shipment a carload of potatoes in good condition and issued and delivered to plaintiff a hill of lading showing that the potatoes were consigned to plaintiff, as consignee, at Sedalia, Missouri. By this act the defendant company impliedly agreed to carry the potatoes safely and deliver the same at said destination within a reasonable time. Chicago & A. R. Co. v. Kirby, 225 U. S. 155, 164. It further appears that prior to the arrival of the…
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