Northern Line Packet Co. v. Shearer

Citations

• 61 Ill. 263

Syllabus

<p>1. Contract for shipment of goods—who to sue. Where a transportation company gave a shipping receipt for the transportation of goods from one place to another, and they are lost, the person to whom the shipping receipt is given may bring the action, although the property may belong to another.</p> <p>2. Evidence—competency of witness. Where the suit relates to the wearing apparel and ornaments of the wife, and a suit is brought by the husband to recover for their loss—as the wife was, at common law, virtually the owner of such goods, and could only be divested of such ownership by their sale, or gift to another by the husband, she is interested in the property in suit so as to render her a competent witness in such suit, under the exception to the 5th section of the act relating to the competency of witnesses, which declares that, where the suit relates to the separate property of the wife, either may be a witness.</p>