Sparr v. Southern Pacific Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. J. Cooke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matchett
Plaintiff sued in assumpsit alleging that defendant, a common carrier, had agreed to safely and securely carry for plaintiff 396 boxes of oranges, delivered by plaintiff to it at Fillmore, California, to be carried to Chicago, Illinois; an additional count charged that defendant was negligent. The defendant filed a plea of the general issue, with notice that it would rely on the bill of lading, federal laws, etc. The cause was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict for plaintiff in' the sum of $222.69, on which the court entered judgment, from which defendant appeals.
Upon the trial the…
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