Mark Owen & Co. v. Michigan Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the First Branch' Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Ffon. Leo J. Doyle, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice,Farmer
delivered the opinion of the court:
Mark Owen & Co., appellee, brought this action of the fourth class in the municipal court of Chicago to recover of the appellant, the Michigan Central Railroad Company, $23.30, alleged to be the value of some baskets of grapes which were lost out of four car-load shipments from points in Michigan over appellant’s line of railroad to appellee at Chicago. The cause was tried in the municipal court of Chicago without a jury, upon a written stipulation of facts. The municipal court found the issues in favor of the defendant in that court and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ReissSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Gamble-Robinson Commission Co. v. Union Pacific RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Rustad v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Gary Bros. & Gaffke Co. v. Chicago, M. & P. S. Ry. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1914
- McEntire v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1915