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  "name": "J. W. Gullett, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Gullett v. Illinois Central Railroad",
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  "first_page": "551",
  "last_page": "552",
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      "cite": "186 Ill. App. 551"
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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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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "J. W. Gullett, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Higbee\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Charles Durfee and W. W. Barr, for appellant; Blewett Lee and W. S. Horton, of counsel.",
      "W. S. Morse, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "J. W. Gullett, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Pope county; the Hon. William N. Butler Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1913.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed May 1, 1914.\nStatement oif the Case.\nAction by J. W. Gullett against the Illinois Central Railroad Company to recover damages to a peanut roaster in the course of shipment. The roaster was delivered to the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad and transferred in the regular course of shipment to defendant\u2019s railroad. The suit was first commenced before a justice of the peace and on appeal to the Circuit Court the plaintiff recovered a verdict itnd judgment for thirty dollars. To reverse the judgment, defendant appeals.\nCharles Durfee and W. W. Barr, for appellant; Blewett Lee and W. S. Horton, of counsel.\nW. S. Morse, for appellee.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Carriers, \u00a7 135 \u2014when recovery for damages to shipment sustained by the evidence. In an action against a railroad company which was a connecting carrier to recover damages claimed to have been occasioned to a peanut roaster in the course of its shipment, a verdict for plaintiff held sustained by the evidence, the questions of facts presented being whether the roaster was in good condition when received by the initial carrier, whether it was crated for shipment and whether it was shipped at owner\u2019s risk.\n2. Instructions, \u00a7 107 \u2014right to instruction on theory of case. A party has the right to have the jury instructed upon the law bearing upon his theory of the case when there is proof to support it.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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