Coats v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
This is an appeal from a- directed verdict in favor of the defendant, appellee.
The question here involved is the liability of the defendant railway company under certain bills of lading to carry certain cars of potatoes from points- in the State of Iowa upon the line of the road of the defendant to the city of Philadelphia on the line of a connecting railroád. Plaintiffs- were consignors of the potatoes, and Pancoast & Griffith, dealers in potatoes at Second and Masters streets, Philadelphia, were consignees. The city of Chicago was the point on the line of defendant where the cars were to'…
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