Indiana & Illinois Southern Ry. Co. v. G. S. Wilson & Son
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, to recover damages sustained in transportation of wheat by a common carrier. Trial in the County Court of Crawford County; the Hon. John C. Eagleton, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant,
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Creighton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit in the County Court of Crawford County, by appellees against appellant, to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by appellees in the transportation of wheat shipped under a contract with appellant as common carrier. Appellees shipped sixty-two carloads of wheat from Palestine, Illinois, t'o D'etroit, Michigan, at a rate of twelve cents per hundred pounds, and claim that they were overcharged; that a part of the wheat, before it reached its destination, was caused by appellant to be transferred into lime…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Parker v. Fisher, Fuller & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Beseler v. StephaniIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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- Dishon v. SchorrIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
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