Delta Bag Co. v. Frederick Leyland & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Wm. N. Cottrell, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
Frederick Leyland & Company, hereinafter called the defendant, is seeking a reversal of a judgment against it for $503.25, obtained by the Delta Bag Company, hereinafter called the plaintiff, for damages to a shipment of fifty bales of bags while in transit between Liverpool, England, and New Orleans, Louisiana, on a steamship belonging to the defendant.
It is urged by the defendant that the plaintiff did not "comply with section 18 of the Practice Act, which requires the assignee of a chose in action to state by sworn pleading or affidavit that he is the owner, and how he acquired title. This…
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