Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co. v. Furthmann
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. George H. Kettelle, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Appellee sued appellant in the Superior Court of Cook county, to recover the value of certain beer alleged to have been shipped by him over its line from New York to Chicago, which was spoiled and lost to the plaintiff while en route. The trial resulted in a judgment for plaintiff for $299 and costs of suit. This is an appeal from a judgment of affirmance in the Appellate Court.
For the purposes of this decision the following facts are accepted as established by the judgment below: On the 4th day of May, 1889, Rudolph Oelsner, of New York, sent by one of his truckmen, to the defendant’s…
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