Bryan v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. M. Vandeventer, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
In this case the appellee has failed to file any brief and under the rules of this court the appeal could be dismissed for want of such brief, We have, however, concluded to examine into the record of this case and decide it upon its merits, as provided by such rule may be done.
The appellee brought a suit to recover the value of some potatoes shipped over appellant’s road from Murrayville, Illinois, to the appellee at East St. Louis, Illinois. The potatoes arrived at East St. Louis on October 15, 1910. The appellee was notified of their arrival and her husband, acting as her agent, came to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gregg v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Bennett v. O'BrienIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. ScottIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Illinois Central Railroad v. CarterIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Gratiot Street Warehouse Co. v. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
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- A. C. Becken Co. v. Ottawa Pianophone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1920