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  "name": "Paul Kuhn and Elizabeth Kuhn, Appellants, v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "Kuhn v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.",
  "decision_date": "1913-12-27",
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  "first_page": "44",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "Paul Kuhn and Elizabeth Kuhn, Appellants, v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, Appellee."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Eldredge\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Livingston & Bach, for appellants.",
      "George B. Gillespie, for appellee; J. P. Bindley and B. J. Cary, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "Paul Kuhn and Elizabeth Kuhn, Appellants, v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, Appellee.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1913.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed December 27, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Paul Kuhn and Elizabeth Kuhn against Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company to recover damages for breach of four bills of lading for the transportation of four carloads of wheat from Ashmore, Illinois, to Chattanooga, Tenn. The declaration alleged that the defendant, through its agent, the connecting carrier, permitted an inspection of the wheat to be made at destination contrary to the terms of the bill of lading and that by reason thereof the wheat was rejected by the consignee to plaintiff\u2019s damage. From a judgment against defendant for only nominal damages, plaintiffs appeal.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Cabbiebs, \u00a7 188 \u2014when initial carrier Halle for permitting connecting carrier to allow inspection of grain contrary to terms of Hll of lading. In an action against a railroad company to recover damages for permitting its connecting carrier to allow wheat shipped to a consignee to be inspected at destination contrary to the terms of the bills of lading, it being alleged that the inspection caused the consignee to refuse to accept the wheat, and plaintiffs, claiming a loss on the contract price after paying the freight and selling the grain at public sale after he had stored it in a warehouse for six months, held that defendant was bound to prevent the inspection but that plaintiffs were entitled to only nominal damages, it appearing that there was no complete sale of the wheat and that the inspection was not the promixate cause of any loss or damage suffered by plaintiffs.\n2. Sales, \u00a7 67 \u2014place of inspection of grain. Where a person orders grain of a certain grade through a broker to be consigned to him, where the custom and usage of the grain market permits buyers to inspect the grain before purchasing, such usage and custom becomes a part of the agreement to purchase, where nothing is said in the negotiations between the broker and the buyer regarding the inspection.\nLivingston & Bach, for appellants.\nGeorge B. Gillespie, for appellee; J. P. Bindley and B. J. Cary, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, same topic and section number."
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