Western Transportation Co. v. Newhall
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by appellees against appellants, to recover damages from them, as common carriers, for injury to goods which appellants had undertaken to transport for appellees. The facts on which the case is founded, are very fully and clearly stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
This case depends, for the most part, upon the evidence, which is preserved, and which we have examined with care. It is a case of bailment, the defendants being declared against as common carriers, on their undertaking to carry safely certain kegs and packages of powder, from Albany to Chicago, by water, and there deliver them to the consignee at Chicago. A bill of lading, or receipt, of the powder, was delivered by the defendants’ agent, to the consignors, upon which the first point made by the defendants arises.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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