Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co. v. Leysor
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
This was an action, brought by John Leysor against The Merchants’ Despatch Transportation Company, to recover the value of certain goods which the plaintiff purchased in New York and shipped to Alton, in this State, on defendant’s freight line. The goods, while in transitu, were destroyed by fire in Chicago, in the fall of 1871.
The bill of lading, read in evidence, contained a provision exempting the company from loss occasioned by fire. The right of the defendant to limit its common law liability by-contract, if made fairly and advisedly on behalf of the shipper, can not be successfully…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Field v. Chicago & Rock Island RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
3Cited by10 opinions
- Haskell v. SiegmundAppellate Court of Illinois · 1960
- Merchants' Dispatch Transportation Co. v. Bloch Bros.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1888
- O'Malley v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Inman & Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1908
- Wabash Railroad Co. v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
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