Bros. v. Vandalia Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. W. G. Cochean, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Puterbaugh
Upon appeal from a justice' of the. peace this case was tried in the Circuit Court, where the plaintiffs recovered judgment upon the verdict of a jury for $112.19. The defendant appeals.
The evidence shows that the plaintiffs operated a grain elevator at Fairbanks, a station upon the defendant’s railroad; that at such station the defendant maintained neither a depot, station agent nor scales; that during June, 1908, the plaintiffs shipped five cars of com from Fairbanks to Cincinnati over the defendant’s railroad; that there being no scales or agent at Fairbanks, the plaintiffs themselves…
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