Chicago & Aurora Railroad v. Thompson
Illinois Supreme Court
APPEAL EROM KANE. In tlie first count of the declaration, the plaintiff alleges that on the 19th day of January, 1854, the defendant was, and now is, a common carrier of goods and chattels for hire, from Aurora in the county of Kane, to Earlville in the county of La Salle ; that on said day, at Aurora, the plaintiff caused to be delivered to defendant, and defendant received a certain box containing goods and chattels, to wit: One new suit of broadcloth clothes, one small…
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APPEAL EROM KANE. In tlie first count of the declaration, the plaintiff alleges that on the 19th day of January, 1854, the defendant was, and now is, a common carrier of goods and chattels for hire, from Aurora in the county of Kane, to Earlville in the county of La Salle ; that on said day, at Aurora, the plaintiff caused to be delivered to defendant, and defendant received a certain box containing goods and chattels, to wit: One new suit of broadcloth clothes, one small trunk, three fine shirts, three pairs of woolen stockings, seven hundred and fifty dollars in bank bills, fifty dollars in…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
This was an action on the case, brought to the November term, 1854, of the Kane Circuit Court. The declaration contains two counts essentially alike. The first count alleges, that on the 19th of January, 1854, the defendant was, and now is, a common carrier of goods and chattels for hire, from Aurora, in the county of Kane, to Earlville, in the county of La Salle; that on that day, at Aurora, the plaintiff delivered to the defendant, and the defendant received, a certain box containing goods and chattels, to wit: one new suit of broadcloth clothes, one small trunk, three fine shirts, three…
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