Pennsylvania Co. v. Fairchild
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Josiah McRoberts, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
This was an action by appellees, brought in the Superior Court of Cook county, against the appellant and the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, as common carriers, to recover for the loss of a box of merchandise. On the trial before a jurv. upon the plea of not guilty, there was a verdict of guilty against appellant, and not guilty as to the Chicago and Alton Company.
It appears that the goods in question wrere shipped by the Valparaiso Woolen Manufacturing Company, October 5,1871, at Valparaiso, in the State of Indiana, consigned to appellees at Leavenworth, Kansas, by delivery of them into…
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