Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Strong

On September 19, 1903, John E. Chapman, a switchman in the employ of appellant, was, while performing his duties as such switchman, caught between two cars and killed. His administrator, who is appellee in this court, brought an action of trespass on the case in the superior court of Cook county against appellant to recover damages for the death of Chapman, alleging in his declaration that death was occasioned by the negligence of a certain foreman of appellant, who was a vice-principal, and not a fellow-servant, of deceased. Appellant interposed the general issue. A trial before a jury…