Wabash Railroad v. Campbell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. Samuel L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought by the appellees, Campbell, Hunt & Adams, against the appellant railroad company.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. Samuel L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought by the appellees, Campbell, Hunt & Adams, against the appellant railroad company. The original declaration, filed January 30, 1903, contained one count, alleging in substance that the defendant operated a railroad between East St. Louis and the city of Sullivan, in Illinois; that, on October 10, 1902, defendant received of plaintiffs at East St. Louis two hundred head of cattle in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The cattle of appellees were shipped over appellant’s road from East St. Louis ■ to Sullivan in cars, upon which were tacked yellow cards, ten by twelve inches in size, bearing the words “Southern Cattle.” The cars containing the cattle were four in number. One of these cars arrived at Sullivan on Friday or Saturday, and contained about twenty-five head of cattle. The other three cars, containing some ninety or ninety-five head of cattle, arrived at Sullivan on Monday. It is conceded by the appellant that the cattle were by mistake put in the cars, having on them labels containing the words…
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