Appellate Court of Illinois, 1918

Mitchell v. Frank Parmelee Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided January 31, 1918 · Barnes

209 Ill. App. 428

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Cabbiees, § 113*—when relieved, from liability as insurer. Fraud may absolve a carrier from its liability as insurer, even though not from liability resulting from negligence. 4. Cabbiees, § 120*—when fraud, relieves carrier from liability as insurer. A common carrier may be relieved from its liability as an insurer by a’ shipper’s suppression of the value of goods delivered for transportation.

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