Illinois Central Railroad v. Seitz

Mr. Presiding Justice Brown

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee shipped a carload of goods over appellant’s line of railroad from Chicago to Pana, Illinois. The goods were billed and rated as emigrant movables. The amount of freight was fixed and paid at Chicago on such classification. When the car reached its destination at Pana, the appellant claimed the goods were improperly classified; that if they had been properly classified the freight would have been more; and that the erroneous classification was due to false representations made by appellee or his agent Kendall in whose name…