Chicago & North Western R R. v. Williams
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case brought by the appellee, against the appellant, in the court below, to recover for two thousand two hundred and sixty-nine pounds of iron, alleged to have been delivered to it as a common carrier, to be transported from Chicago to Harvard, Illinois, and which was lost. The facts in the case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
The only question presented by this record is, whether the evidence sustains the verdict of the jury. There is no dispute that one of the roads is liable to appellee for the value of the iron which was lost. And it is equally clear, that the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad company had the iron in possession, and brought it to Chicago. It is contended, that it was transferred by that company to the cars of appellants, which were near to the transfer house of the first named company, for the purpose of being placed therein. Appellants, on the contrary, contend that it was not placed…
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