Legal Opinion
American Merchants' Union Express Co. v. Wolf
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 15, 1875PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry Booth, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action, brought by Wolf and Perlinskv, appellees, against the American Merchants’ Union Express Companv, to recover the value of a quantity of goods delivered to the company, at Chicago, October 8, 1872, consigned to W. A. Seib, Atchison, Kansas, and marked “C. O. D. §65.70.”
A trial of the cause was had before a jury, in the circuit court of Cook county, which resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $48.68. The court overruled a motion for a new trial, and rendered judgment upon the verdict, to reverse which the company brings the record here by appeal.
It appears,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Baldwin v. American Express Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1859
- Merchants' Dispatch Transportation Co. v. HallockIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
3Cited by5 opinions
- Pacific Express Co. v. ShearerIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Southern Express Co. v. HollandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Norfolk Southern Railroad v. New Bern Iron Works & Supply Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- Block v. United States Express Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1907
- Chicago Woolen Mills Co. v. Adams Express Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911