Appellate Court of Illinois, 1916

Kaufman v. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided October 10, 1916 · McGoorty

201 Ill. App. 491; 1916 Ill. App. LEXIS 748

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice McGoorty

delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision. Carriers, § 93*—when exclusion of bill of lading as evidence erroneous. In an action by a consignee of a shipment against a carrier for wrongful detention thereof, held that refusal of the trial court to admit in evidence a bill of lading issued by the carrier, and showing that the shipment was consigned to the plaintiffs, was reversible error.

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