Union Steamboat Co. v. Knapp
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the lion. Henry Booth, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass on the case, by Dora Knapp, a married woman, against the Union Steamboat Company and the Erie Railway Company, to recover for the loss of goods shipped. The material facts necessary to an understanding of the ease, are given in the opinion. The Union Steamboat Company brought the case to this court by appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
Appellee shipped the goods, for the loss of which this suit was brought, at Maucli Chunck, in Pennsylvania, to Chicago, on the 8th of September, 1871. On the trial, the jury found a verdict for plaintiff, and assessed her damages at $353.18, hut she remitted $160.68, and judgment was rendered for $192.50 and costs, and defendant brings the case here by appeal. The goods arrived at Chicago on appellant’s boat, “Roanoke,” on the 20th of September, 1871, and remained at their dock and were destroyed by fire on the 9th of the next October.
The evidence, although somewhat conflicting, we think,…
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