Legal Opinion

Hartman v. Western Cold Storage Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 22, 1914No. Gen. No. 20,037PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph S. La Buy, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1914.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith

An action was brought by Hartman Brothers, defendants in error, against the Western Cold Storage Company, plaintiff in error, in the Municipal Court of Chicago, to recover the value of a carload of onions.

The record shows the following facts: April 4,1913, there was placed in storage with the plaintiff in error by Peters Brothers a carload of onions, consisting of 504 bags, and a receipt for the onions was issued to Peters Brothers, showing that the onions were held for the account of Peters Brothers by the Western Cold Storage Company. The receipt was marked as nonnegotiable, as required by…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Schilling v. A. L. BookAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  2. Dahl v. Winter-Truesdell-Diercks Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Dahl v. Winter-Truesdell-Diercks Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1931

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