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  "id": 2944174,
  "name": "George Meyer, trading as George Meyer & Company, Appellee, v. Western Cold Storage Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Meyer v. Western Cold Storage Co.",
  "decision_date": "1917-03-26",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 22,719",
  "first_page": "456",
  "last_page": "457",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "George Meyer, trading as George Meyer & Company, Appellee, v. Western Cold Storage Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Dever\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n2. Warehousemen, \u00a7 28 \u2014when negligence in handling and care of poultry is question of fact. In an action to recover damages for alleged negligence in the handling and care of poultry stored in defendant\u2019s warehouse, where the poultry was in good condition when delivered to the defendant and in bad condition when redelivered to plaintiff, held that the question of defendant\u2019s negligence was a question of fact.\n3. Warehousemen, \u00a7 27*\u2014-what constitutes prima facie case of negligence. Where personal property and merchandise generally was shown to have been in good condition when delivered to a bailee for storage and in bad condition when redelivered to the bailor, held that a prima facie case of negligence on the part of the bailee was made out, in an action to recover damages because of such condition on redelivery, notwithstanding such property and merchandise consisted of perishable goods.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Dever"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Culver, Andrews, King & Cook, for appellant.",
      "Bradley, Harper & Eheim, for appellee; Samuel A. Harper, of counsel."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "George Meyer, trading as George Meyer & Company, Appellee, v. Western Cold Storage Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 22,719.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Wabehousembk\", \u00a7 27 \u2014when evidence sufficient to show that injury to poultry occurred during storage. In an action against a warehouseman for alleged negligence in the handling and storage of poultry, evidence held to show that the poultry in question was in good condition when delivered to defendant for storage in defendant\u2019s warehouse and that the defective condition in which it was found on redelivery to the plaintiff, whatever its cause, occurred during the time it was in defendant\u2019s possession.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. William N. Gbmmill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed March 26, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by George Meyer, trading as George Meyer & Company, plaintiff, against Western Cold Storage Company, a corporation, defendant, to recover damages for alleged negligence of defendant in the care and handling of certain poultry stored by plaintiff with defendant in defendant\u2019s warehouse. From a judgment for plaintiff for $735.09, defendant appeals.\nCulver, Andrews, King & Cook, for appellant.\nBradley, Harper & Eheim, for appellee; Samuel A. Harper, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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  "file_name": "0456-01",
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