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  "id": 5822801,
  "name": "New York Central Railroad Company, Appellee, v. Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "New York Central Railroad v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.",
  "decision_date": "1918-04-16",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,278",
  "first_page": "267",
  "last_page": "267",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "New York Central Railroad Company, Appellee, v. Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Matchett\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Hoag & Ullmann, for appellant.",
      "E. T. Glennon, Robert J. Cart and Bertrand Walker, for appellee; F. W. Flott, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "New York Central Railroad Company, Appellee, v. Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 23,278.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\nCarriers, \u00a7 201a \u2014when earner not estopped to recover freight charges on interstate shipment from consignor. Under the Federal Act to Regulate Commerce, approved February 4, 1887, a consignor of an interstate shipment is primarily liable for the freight charges thereon and can only be discharged by payment, and the carrier cannot be estopped from enforcing this liability by its extension of credit to another to whom the shipment is delivered by the consignor\u2019s orders and by its failure to notify the consignor of the nonpayment of the charges.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. William; N. Gemmill, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1917.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 16, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\n\u25a0 Action by the New York Central Railroad Company, successor to the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, a corporation, plaintiff, against the Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Company, a corporation, defendant, to recover freight charges. From a judgment for plaintiff for $109.90, defendant appeals.\nHoag & Ullmann, for appellant.\nE. T. Glennon, Robert J. Cart and Bertrand Walker, for appellee; F. W. Flott, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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  "last_page_order": 293
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