Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Black
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Witt county; the Hon. A. C. Bure, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtHigbee, J.
This was an action on the case brought by appellee against appellant as a common carrier for negligence in failing to deliver within a reasonable time at their place of destination, ninety-five head of fat cattle, shipped over appellant’s road from Midland City to Chicago, on the 6th day of July, 1881.
Appellant filed the general issue to the declaration, and, in addition, a number of .special pleas setting up a contract between the parties, under which the shipment was alleged to have been made, and averring divers breaches thereof, as a defense to the action.
The special pleas were demurred…
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