Shellabarger Elevator Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the . Hon. William K. Whitfield, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The Shellabarger Elevator Company recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Macon county for $37.43 in an action of assumpsit against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, which has appealed. The action was for the loss of grain shipped in transit and the declaration consisted of seven counts, each based upon the separate shipment of a car from a station in Macon county on the defendant’s railroad. Three of the cars were shipped from Forsyth to Peoria, one from Emery to Peoria, one from Argenta to Chicago and two from Argenta to New York. The bills of lading for the last two contained a…
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