Legal Opinion

Neuman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 28, 1920No. Gen. No. 24,752Published

Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. J. Cooke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate. Court at the October term, 1918.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.

By this appeal the defendant Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company seeks to reverse a judgment for $369 recovered "by the plaintiff Neuman. The suit was an action on the case for damages caused by the alleged loss of certain clothing in course of shipment because of the negligence of the defendant carrier as charged by the plaintiff in his declaration. The Chicago Warehouse & Terminal Company was sued with appellant but was found not guilty by the jury.

The clothing involved was consigned by Flachs & Schetnitz of Chicago to the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Nanson v. JacobSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
  2. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Exposition Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  3. Connelly v. Illinois Central RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
  4. Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. CapperCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  5. Ruddell v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912

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