Goldsmith v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. J. Cooke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
Plaintiff brought suit against defendant to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by reason of the delay in transporting a carload of potatoes from Hastings, Florida, to Chicago. There was a finding and judgment in his favor for $357, to reverse which defendant prosecutes this appeal.
The record discloses that plaintiff bought a carload of potatoes at Hastings, Florida; that a through bill of lading was issued by defendant company; that the car of potatoes left Hastings some time after 5 o’clock of the evening of April 15, 1914, and arrived in Chicago at 4:30 a. m. April 21, 1914;…
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- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cunningham Commission Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
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