United States Express Co. v. Haines
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin, by James Haines, against" the United States Express Company, to recover a package of money containing $800 in currency, which the plaintiff' had expressed to his brother in Austin, Nevada.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin, by James Haines, against" the United States Express Company, to recover a package of money containing $800 in currency, which the plaintiff' had expressed to his brother in Austin, Nevada. The brother having left Nevada and returned to this State without receiving the money, the plaintiff requested and ordered the defendant to have the same returned to him. The material facts are stated in the- opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This action was brought in replevin to recover a package of money containing $800, which had previously been delivered to the express company to be carried or forwarded to Austin, Nevada. It was consigned to Jonathan Haines, then at Austin, and delivered to the company at Pekin, on the 28th day of June, 1865. The package had not reached its destination when the consignee left Austin, about the 1st of September, and in consequence thereof it was ordered to be returned to appellee, and some time in November following appellant received it back from the Overland Stage Company, to whom it had…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. FrankenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Adams Express Co. v. HaynesIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- United States Express Co. v. HainesIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
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