Cobb, Christy & Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad

Appellees, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, were defendants, in the McLean circuit court, to an action brought against them, as common carriers, by Cobb, Christy & Co., claiming damages for their negligence and delay in transporting a quantity of corn, claimed to be the property of the plaintiffs, and delivered to the defendants as common carriers, to be carried to Cairo on their road, by which it became depreciated in value and was measurably lost to the plaintiffs. The jury trying the cause returned a verdict for the defendants, on which the court, after denying a motion for a new…