Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by Chester M. Smith, appellee, against the Pullman Palace Car Company, appellant, for the recovery of §1180, claimed to have been lost from the Pullman sleeping car Missouri, on the night of December 17, 1872, under the following circumstances: On the afternoon of Dec. 17, 1872, appellee started from his home in Oconomowoc, Wis., for a point in Missouri…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by Chester M. Smith, appellee, against the Pullman Palace Car Company, appellant, for the recovery of §1180, claimed to have been lost from the Pullman sleeping car Missouri, on the night of December 17, 1872, under the following circumstances: On the afternoon of Dec. 17, 1872, appellee started from his home in Oconomowoc, Wis., for a point in Missouri southwest of St. Louis, for the purpose of buying horses and mules. He purchased a ticket through to St. Louis, via the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The instruction which the court gave to the jury made the company responsible as insurer for the safety of the money, imposing upon it the severe liability of an innkeeper or common carrier. And it is the position which appellee’s counsel take, that the relation between the parties in this case was that of innkeeper and guest, and that the liability of the company is that of an innkeeper.
In order to ascertain whether the exti-aordinary responsibility claimed, here exists, it becomes important to inquire into the nature of inns and guests, where this liability was imposed by the common law,…
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