McCabe v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the County Court of Knox county; the Hon. R. C. Rice, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
This was an action in assumpsit to recover for the loss of a carload of steel rails shipped by appellee from Galesburg, Illinois, over the line of appellant, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, in July, 1903, to the Commonwealth Steel Company, at Granite City, Illinois. The declaration contained a special and the common counts. The special count alleged that appellee delivered 30,300 pounds of old steel rails of the value of $300 on July 30, 1904 (afterwards amended to read 1903), to appellant to be carried and delivered to the Commonwealth Steel Company at Granite City; the failure to…
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