Woods v. Devin
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action on the case brought by Devin against Woods in the Circuit Court of Peoria county. Atrial was had in that court May 20, 1852, which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This was an action on the case brought by Devin against Woods. The declaration alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff, on the 7th of August, 1851, delivered on board the steamboat Governor Briggs, then lying at Peoria, and owned by the defendant and used by him in the transportation of passengers and freight on the Illinois River between Peoria and La Salle, a carpet-bag containing one case of duellingpistols, one pocket-pistol, and various articles of wearing apparel, of the value of $200, to be carried on said boat from Peoria to La Salle for a certain reward, and that the defendant…
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