Baltimore & Ohio S. W. Railroad v. Ross
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for damages to stock. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ca.ss County; the Hon. Thomas N. Mehan, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Jdstioe Burroughs
delivered the opinion of the court.
On September 18, 1901, the appellee, William Ross, sued the appellant, Baltimore & Ohio South Western Railroad Company, in the Circuit Court of Cass County, in an action on the case to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him on account of injuries inflicted upon twenty fat cattle which he shipped on December 11, 1900, from Philadelphia Station, on the line of its road in said county, to Union Stock Yards in Chicago, Illinois, by reason of the negligent manner that the car in which the cattle were carried, was handled while…
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