Illinois Central Railroad v. Alexander
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of trover brought by appellees againt the appellant for eight hundred and twenty-one sacks of salt. Declaration in the usual form in trover. 1st Plea, General issue. 2nd Plea, That defendant was a common carrier and warehouseman, and as such received the salt in question, and at the time when, etc., a large sum was due to the Railroad Company for transportation, and also a sum as warehouse charges, which sum the plaintiffs refused to pay, and defendant…
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This was an action of trover brought by appellees againt the appellant for eight hundred and twenty-one sacks of salt. Declaration in the usual form in trover. 1st Plea, General issue. 2nd Plea, That defendant was a common carrier and warehouseman, and as such received the salt in question, and at the time when, etc., a large sum was due to the Railroad Company for transportation, and also a sum as warehouse charges, which sum the plaintiffs refused to pay, and defendant kept possession of the salt until the charges should be paid. 3rd Plea, That defendant had a lien upon the salt in…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, C. J.
The law is now too well settled to bear discussion, that a railroad company may assume the double character of carriers and warehousemen. That their duty as carriers is ended when they have placed the goods in a safe depot of their own or any other safe warehouse. That their depot is their warehouse, and that for warehouse services they have a right to charge a reasonable compensation, the same as other warehousemen. The railroad company in this case, after their relation to the goods as common carriers had ceased, is then to be considered and treated the same as other warehousemen would be…
2Cited by7 opinions
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