American Express Co. v. Perkins
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Macon county, the Hon. Charles Emerson, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case brought by Mary E. Perkins against the American Express company as common carriers, in the Circuit Court of Macon county, to recover the value of a package containing a wreath, delivered to the company at Decatur, to be taken to Cairo.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Macon county, the Hon. Charles Emerson, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case brought by Mary E. Perkins against the American Express company as common carriers, in the Circuit Court of Macon county, to recover the value of a package containing a wreath, delivered to the company at Decatur, to be taken to Cairo. The wreath was partially made of glass, and when it arrived' at Cairo the glass was broken, and the consignee refused to receive it. The case was tried at the August Term, A. D. 1865. A jury being waived, the trial was by the court.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was an action on the case, brought by Mary E. Perkins against the American Express company as a common carrier. There was a trial by the court and judgment for the plaintiff. The plaintiff below delivered to the company a package, containing a wreath, to be taken from Decatur to Cairo. The wreath was partially made of glasq, .^and when it arrived at Cairo the glass was broken. The receipt given by the company to the plaintiff, and put in evidence by the latter, contained a provision that the company would not be responsible “for any articles contained in or consisting of glass.” Without…
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