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  "id": 2839469,
  "name": "William J. Jones, Appellee, v. Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Jones v. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co.",
  "decision_date": "1913-10-16",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "287",
  "last_page": "288",
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      "cite": "184 Ill. App. 287"
    }
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "William J. Jones, Appellee, v. Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Philbrick\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Carriers, \u00a7 544*\u2014when liable for baggage stolen from baggage room. In an action to recover for the loss of baggage which was stolen from plaintiff\u2019s trunk while stored in defendant\u2019s depot at night, a verdict in favor of plaintiff was sustained, the evidence showing that entrance was made through the ticket office and waiting room to the baggage room and the door leading from the waiting room to the baggage room was unlocked.\n2. Carriers, \u00a7 541*\u2014what constitutes proper baggage. Contents of a trunk consisting of passenger\u2019s wearing apparel, together with other personal property as he had or was used by him, articles and trinkets, of no considerable value, for his grandchildren and a small amount of jewelry which had belonged to his deceased wife, held, to constitute baggage.",
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        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice Philbrick"
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Outten, Ewing, McCullough & Wierman, for appellant.",
      "Chester Allan Smith, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "William J. Jones, Appellee, v. Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company, Appellant.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the April term, 1913.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed October 16, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by William J. Jones against Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company, a corporation, to recover for the loss of a trunk \u00aeand its contents as baggage. The trunk was placed in defendant\u2019s depot and during the night the depot was broken into, the trunk rifled and its contents taken. From a judgment in fayor of plaintiff for $58.55, defendant appeals.\nOutten, Ewing, McCullough & Wierman, for appellant.\nChester Allan Smith, for appellee."
  },
  "file_name": "0287-01",
  "first_page_order": 311,
  "last_page_order": 312
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