Wabash Railroad v. Curtis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. Mobton W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1906.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Bamsay
delivered the opinion of the court.
Shelby Curtis brought suit in the Circuit .Court of Vermilion county against the Wabash Bailroad Company to recover damages alleged to be due him from the railroad company for the failure upon the part of the company to transport safely and within a reasonable time thirty-six carloads of hogs, shipped by Curtis, from New Salem, Illinois, and various other points in that vicinity to East Cambridge, Massachusetts. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of Curtis in the sum of $2,000 from which the railroad company has appealed.
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