Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Taylor

This was an action on the case, brought to the Winnebago circuit court, by the administrators of Henry P. Taylor, deceased, against the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, to recover damages for the death of their intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendants.

Under the plea of not guilty, and a special plea, the company set up as a defense the negligence of the deceased as the cause of his death; that the death was caused by the negligence of the fellow-servants of the deceased engaged in the same line of employment, and therefore the company were not…