Burtless v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John C. Scovel, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Clark
delivered the opinion of the court.
A judgment for $2,876.84 in favor of the appellees jointly as plaintiffs was obtained against the Oregon Short Line Bailroad Company as defendant, for damages alleged to have been sustained to seven carloads of sheep and lambs delivered by one of the plaintiffs, Charles E. Burtless, of Boise, Idaho, to the defendant at Nyssa, Oregon, for transportation to the Knollin Sheep Company at Chicago, via the Oregon Short Line Bailroad, the Union Pacific Bailroad and the Chicago & Northwestern Bailway. The action was one of the first class…
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