Ruddell v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Tort. Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Akttold Heap, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1908.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for $602.75 against defendant as damages for negligence in transporting a car of oranges from McPherson, California, to Baltimore, Maryland. The action was originally brought against three other railroads over whose lines the oranges were carried before connecting with the road of defendant and its taking possession of the car. The jury by their verdict found these three defendants not guilty, and the remaining defendant seeks this review and asks a reversal of the judgment.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. EstillSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Sheble v. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
- Michigan Central Railway Co. v. OsmusAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
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- Ruddell v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
- House v. WheelockAppellate Court of Illinois · 1927