Legal Opinion
Plaff v. Pacific Express Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 24, 1911No. Gen. No. 15,025Published
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Ben M. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Mack
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee, a liquor dealer in El Paso, Texas, bought sundry articles from Spaulding & Co., Chicago, for the sum of $538. After the sale, some were sent to the engraving room to be engraved; subsequently they were shipped by Spaulding & Co., addressed to plaintiff at his home, via. Pacific Express Company, the defendant, in accordance with plaintiff’s instructions as to the route for shipping.
Defendant offered in evidence the receipt given by the Express Company to Spaulding & Co., containing a clause limiting liability to $50 as the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Commercial Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co. v. JœstingIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Ellison v. Adams Express Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Brown v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
- Wabash Railroad v. CurtisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907