Peoria Packing Co. v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. N. E. Worthington, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
In June, 1908, The Peoria Packing Company delivered a carload of packing house products to the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Company at Peoria for shipment over its line and over the lines of the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Lonis Railway Company to W. S. Rogers & Company at Atlanta, Georgia. When the car was received by the consignee, the contents had been badly damaged. The contents of the car were sold in Atlanta for what they would bring, and the Peoria Packing Company brought this suit in the circuit court of Peoria County against the three…
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- Connelly v. Illinois Central RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
- Wabash Railroad Co. v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
- Michigan Central Railroad v. Chicago Electric Vehicle Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1906
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