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  "name": "George Heyen et al., trading as Heyen Bros., Appellees, v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Heyen v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.",
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    "parties": [
      "George Heyen et al., trading as Heyen Bros., Appellees, v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, Appellant."
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Philbrick\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "George B. Gillespie, for appellant.",
      "B. J. Cart, Bell & Burton, Shepherd & Trogdon and Gillespie & Fitzgerald, of counsel.",
      "Alfred A. Isaacs and Truman A. Snell, for appellees."
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    "head_matter": "George Heyen et al., trading as Heyen Bros., Appellees, v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, Appellant.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the April term, 1913.\nReversed.\nOpinion filed October 16, 1913.\nAbstract of the Decision.\nCarriers, \u00a7 235\u2014when not liable for failure to unload stock during a severe snowstorm. In an action against a railroad for damages to a shipment of cattle consigned to plaintiff alleged to have been caused by failure of defendant company to unload the stock after defendant\u2019s train was stalled in a snowdrift during a severe snowstorm, evidence held insufficient to sustain a judgment for plaintiff, it appearing that after the train was stalled in the snow it was impossible to either unload or move the stock, and the record disclosing that the storm was of such a character as not to have been reasonably anticipated and therefore must be held to he an act of God, for which the defendant company was not responsible.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by George Heyen, William Heyen and Albert Heyen, partners, doing business under the firm name of Heyen Bros., against Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Bailway Company to recover damages for loss of cattle while being shipped to plaintiffs over defendant\u2019s railroad. From a judgment in favor of plaintiffs for $368.40, defendant appeals.\nGeorge B. Gillespie, for appellant.\nB. J. Cart, Bell & Burton, Shepherd & Trogdon and Gillespie & Fitzgerald, of counsel.\nAlfred A. Isaacs and Truman A. Snell, for appellees.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, same topic and section number."
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