Mahaffey v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.

At the outset of this controversy the parties diverge on the proposition whether we are concerned with a contract entered into in Wisconsin or one entered into in Illinois. Plainly the contract involved is an Illinois contract. When the parties made an agreement in Wisconsin the defendant only agreed to carry the potatoes to “Chicago, Ill.,” and to “Hold at Kolze for instructions.” Without the minds of the parties meeting again the potatoes would go no farther than Chicago, Illinois.

It is contended by defendant with reference to the addition to the Wisconsin bill of lading made in Chicago:…