Shoot v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. James W. Craig, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume
This is a suit originally instituted by appellee’s intestate, T. T. Shoot, against appellant to recover damages alleged to have accrued by reason of the failure of appellant to carry and deliver thirty-five head of cattle within a reasonable time after the shipment of said cattle from Charleston to Chicago. A judgment recovered by plaintiff on the first trial was reversed upon appeal to this court and the cause remanded for another trial. C., C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Shoot, 130 Ill. App. 139. Thereafter the plaintiff died and upon suggestion of his death, his administrator, Clarence Shoot,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Adams Express Co. v. BrattonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903
- Wabash, Saint Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. McCaslandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1882
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Shoot.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1906
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