Douglas Co. v. Southern Railway
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John Courtney, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
In the trial court plaintiff had judgment for $514.29 on a finding of the trial judge to whom the cause was submitted on a stipulation of fact, and defendant brings the record to this court for review on a writ of error.
The crucial question, on the decision of which the result of this cause must rest, is: Were the shipments of the freight in controversy shipments in intrastate or interstate commerce?
There is no dispute regarding the facts which were stipulated into the record and which in brief are, that plaintiff is a corporation resident at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and manufactures and ships…
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