Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Mulford
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit.—Breach of contract. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In the case of the Illinois Central R. R. Co. v. Copeland, 24 Ill. 332, a,n action brought to recover for lost baggage, the court held that the purchase of a coupon ticket at Chicago for transportation from that city to St. Louis, via the .Illinois Central R. R. and the Terre Haute and Alton road, and the giving to the passenger of a through baggage check, was a contract upon the part of the Illinois Central R. R. Co. to carry the passenger and his baggage to St. Louis, and that that company was liable for the loss of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mosher v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Illinois Central Railroad v. CopelandIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Hood v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. ConnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Sprague v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1857
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Sternberg v. CanavanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1928