Adams Express Co. v. Jones

Illinois Supreme Court
Adams Express Co. v. Jones, 53 Ill. 463 (Ill. 1870)
Breese

Adams Express Co. v. Jones

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chief Justice Breese

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This judgment must be reversed for the following reasons: The great preponderance of the evidence is, that the trees were dead and worthless when delivered at Shoals, Indiana, for carriage by the express company to Odin, in this State. There is no proof in the record of the value of these trees, if living trees, and suitable for transplanting. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for one hundred and twenty-six dollars, when not a particle of proof was before the jury that they were worth any particular sum. Nor was there any proof what the trees were worth, at the place they were shipped. The verdict is without evidence on this very material point, and the judgment rendered upon it must be reversed.

Judgment reversed.

Reference

Full Case Name
The Adams Express Company v. Marvin Jones
Status
Published
Syllabus
New trial—v&rdict against the evidence. The judgment in this case was reversed because the verdict was not supported by the evidence.