Legal Opinion
Heckleman v. Yellow Cab Transit Co.
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided August 11, 1942No. 292-DPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought this action in the Circuit Court of Champaign County, Illinois, against two non-resident corporations, to recover the value of gloves destroyed while in transit from Champaign, Illinois, to New York. Under the bill of lading, the merchandise was to be carried by “Yellow” to Chicago and thence to New York by the Universal Carloading and Distributing Company. “Yellow,” however, delivered the gloves to the Liberty Lines in Chicago to carry to their destination. The loss occurred on the second carrier’s line, and plaintiff sues under both the Carmack…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Crehore v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Southern Railway Co. v. LloydSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Southern Pacific Co. v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Northern Illinois Gas Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Airco Industrial Gases, a Division of Airco, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- National Audubon Society v. Department of Water & PowerDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1980
- F & L DRUG CORP. v. American Central Insurance Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1961
- First National Bank of Chicago v. MottolaDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1969
- Gratz v. MurchisonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
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