Illinois Central Railroad v. Luther

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Beversing.

These two' eases were heard together, both in the trial court and in this court. In the judgment appealed from, W. H. Luther and Y. E. Allen recovered of the railroad company $400.00 and Clifton Usher and Gr. O. McPherson recovered of the railroad company $254.55. In each case the railroad company has, by motion, asked this court to grant an appeal. These suits grew out of a shipment of cattle from Mayfield, to Sesser, Illinois, begun on December 26,1923. Twenty-two head of cattle and six calves of this shipment belonged to Luther .and…