American Express Co. v. Spellman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. W. W. Heaton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The contest here is in regard to the liability of appellant for a can of yeast used for distilling, which it undertook to carry for appellee from Sterling, in this State, to Bellevue, in Ohio.
Three points are urged by appellant as grounds for reversing the judgment below: 1st. That by reason of appellee’s failure to disclose the value of the package when it was delivered for carriage, appellant can be liable only for $50. 2d. The admission in evidence of a tin yeast can, claimed by appellee to be similar to the one in which the yeast in question was shipped. 3d. That the verdict of the jury…
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