Michigan Central Railroad v. Boyd
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. K. McAllister, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellees against appellant in the court below, to recover for certain goods delivered to the latter to be carried for the former, and which were destroyed by ;! the great fire in Chicago, October 9, 1871. By stipulation of parties, the following are the facts: That on October 2, 1871, defendant was a common carrier of goods for hire between Detroit, Mich., and…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. K. McAllister, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellees against appellant in the court below, to recover for certain goods delivered to the latter to be carried for the former, and which were destroyed by ;! the great fire in Chicago, October 9, 1871. By stipulation of parties, the following are the facts: That on October 2, 1871, defendant was a common carrier of goods for hire between Detroit, Mich., and Chicago, Ill., and ever since has been and still is; that on said second day of October, 1871, the plaintiffs were the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The contract for the carriage of the goods having been made in Massachusetts, the laAV of that State must control as to its nature, interpretation and effect. Pennsylvania Co. v. Fairchild, 69 Ill. 261; Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Co. v. Smith, 74 id. 197.
The laAV of Massachusetts is, by the stipulation, to be accepted as stated in the opinions of the Supreme Court of that State in Grace v. Adams, 100 Mass. 505, and Hoadly v. Northern Trans. Co. 115 id. 304. It is: “A bill of lading, or shipping receipt, taken by a consignor Avithout dissent, at the time of the delivery of the property…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Grace v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
3Cited by6 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BeebeIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Pacific Coast Co. v. Yukon Independent Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1907
- Coats v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BeebeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
- The JeannieDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1915
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