East St. Louis Connecting Ry. Co. v. Reames

The declaration avers that the appellant was operating a railroad in the city of East St. Louis, and that an ordinance in the city required all freight locomotives and cars to be run at a speed not to exceed six miles an hour, and that the bell should be ringing constantly while running on any track within the city limits; that plaintiff was passing over Front street in the said city, with due care and diligence, and that defendant, without ringing the bell or sounding the whistle, negligently and wantonly ran and drove said locomotive against plaintiff with great force, at a high and…