Illinois Central Railroad v. McClellan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Bobert A. McClellan, against the Illinois Central Bailroad Company, as a common carrier, to recover for damage to a quantity of corn shipped by the plaintiff upon the defendants’ road from various points in this State, and to be transported to the city of Cairo, the damage resulting from the alleged neglect of the defendants to deliver the corn…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Bobert A. McClellan, against the Illinois Central Bailroad Company, as a common carrier, to recover for damage to a quantity of corn shipped by the plaintiff upon the defendants’ road from various points in this State, and to be transported to the city of Cairo, the damage resulting from the alleged neglect of the defendants to deliver the corn within a reasonable time. The shipments were made under bills of lading, of which the following is a copy: Hudson…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was an action on the case, against appellants, as common carriers, alleging a neglect of duty, in failing to deliver a number of car loads of corn at Cairo, within a reasonable time after receiving it for transportation, whereby it became heated and of little or no value. It appears that appellee sold to Cobb, Christy & Co. and Cobb, Blaisdale & Co., who had contracted to the government, through Fallís, their agent, two lots of corn of 10,000 bushels each. The sale was made some time in January, 1865, 10,000 bushels to be delivered on the cars by the twentieth of February, and the…
2Cited by25 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Cobb, Christy & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Phelps v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Thomson v. ThomsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
- Tierney v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Chicago & E. I. R. v. Collins Produce Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1916
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