Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Jones
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit on contract for transportation. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston County; the Hon. Charles R. Starr, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the December term, 1893, and reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lacey
This was a suit on a supposed contract for transportation of grain claimed to have been entered into between appellant and appellee over appellant’s and connecting lines of railroad from Pontiac to Middletown, Conn.
The suit was commenced by appellee in assumpsit in the Circuit Court, January 5, 1892, returnable to the following May term of said year. The declaration was in assumpsit containing two special counts.
There was a plea of the general issue filed by the appellants with some special pleas to which a demurrer was sustained by the court, not necessary to notice.
The case was tried by a…
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