American Hide & Leather Co. v. Southern Railway Co.

The American Hide and Leather Company brought its action of assumpsit against the Southern Eailway Company in the superior court of Cook county to recover the value of two carloads of green hides, for which it holds bills of lading issued by defendant at Mount Vernon, Illinois, June 25, 1920. These bills recite that one car contains 2,105 bundles and the other 1,908 bundles of salted green hides to be transported to Chicago, Illinois. With the exception of sixteen bundles, the merchandise never arrived. The court instructed the jury to find the issues for plaintiff and to assess plaintiff’s…