Ronan v. Swift & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Error to the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyers, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action on the case brought by plaintiff in error against defendant in error to recover damages for personal injuries received by him while in its service.
At the time of his injury, plaintiff in error was working in a refrigerator car which was being loaded for shipment by defendant in error at one of its packing houses near the city of East St. Louis. While plaintiff in error was so engaged a locomotive struck the line of cars of which said refrigerator car was one, with such force that plaintiff in error ivas thrown…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nason v. LetzIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Stahl v. PitneyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
- Swift & Co. v. RonanIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
3Cited by1 opinion
- Revis v. Toledo, St. Louis & Western RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909