Beatrice Creamery Co. v. Fisher

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered in the circuit court of Champaign county in favor of the defendants, upon trial of the case without a jury:

The action is one of assumpsit to recover for the loss of a cargo of butter and eggs, which was loaded on a truck owned by the defendants, on October 12, 1933, to be transported from Champaign, Illinois, to New York City and Worcester, Mass. While the truck was traveling near Beynold, Indiana, the drivers were' forcibly taken from the truck by four armed men. The truck was found abandoned and was recovered northwest of Chicago…