Legal Opinion
Adams Express Co. v. Haynes
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1866PublishedCited by 27 opinions
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an action of assumpsit brought by Bichard F. Haynes, in the Cook Circuit Court, against the Adams Express company, to recover the value of the contents of a trunk, intrusted to them as common carriers, to transport from Hash-ville, Tennessee, to Chicago, Illinois; and it was claimed that the contents of the trunk were lost through the negligent and fraudulent conduct of the company. The instrument declared on is as follows:
“Adams Express Company,
“ Great Eastern, Western, and Southern Express Forwarders,
“ Hashville, Feb. 10th, 1865.
“ Beceived of B. T. Haynes, 1 Trunk, value , marked ‘…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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