Chicago & Alton R. R. v. Simms
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan count}'; the Hon. Cyrus Eplee, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, J.
On the 8th of January, 1883, appellees shipped 177 live hogs from Murrayville for East St. Louis, by the regular freight train of appellant, which left about 7 o’clock p. m. and generally reached its destination between 6 and 8 o’clock of the following morning, but did not on this occasion until three in the afternoon, when the market for that day was over. They thereupon brought this suit before a justice of the peace, to recover damages for the delay, and on appeal to the circuit court obtained a judgment on verdict for $48.54 and costs.
Appellee, J. D, Simms, testified that the lot was sold…
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