Williams v. Illinois Central Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Franklin county; the Hon. Charles H. Miller, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1917.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice McBride
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called plaintiff, sought by this proceeding to recover damages from the defendant in error, hereinafter called defendant, on account of injuries sustained by the plaintiff while engaged at work upon defendant’s road. A declaration was filed consisting of two original counts and two amended counts, to each of which a demurrer was interposed and sustained, and it is insisted by counsel for plaintiff that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to each and every count of this declaration. The…
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