Knowles v. Pittsburgh, Ft. W. & C. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
[This was an action at law by Levi Knowles and J. Edwards Addicks against the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company.]
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, District Judge.
On the 28th of December, 1803, C. H. Goodman & Co. shipped at Rockford, Ill., one hundred barrels of flour over the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, consigned to Messrs. Levi Knowles & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., and a bill of lading was taken to that effect, showing also that the flour was to be taken by the way of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago R. R. Co. The flour arrived in Chicago, where the car containing it was placed on the defendant’s road. The proof shows that this was the usual way that the two roads prosecuted their business. The question is, who is the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Michaels v. New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Laughlin v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
- Babcock v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Conkey v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- Wing v. New York & Erie R. R.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1856
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