Armour Grain Co. v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

The Armour Grain Company brought an action of the first class in the municipal court of Chicago against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company. The statement of claim filed alleged that the Armour Grain Company delivered to the railroad company various car-loads of grain for transportation in interstate • commerce; that the railroad company did not deliver all of it and that the Armour Grain Company sustained a loss thereby, for which the railroad company was liable. The railroad company filed an affidavit of merits, admitting that it had issued bills of lading…