Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. v. Pollock
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry County; the Hon. William H. Gest, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
A switch track turns off from appellant’s main track in the city of ELewanee, and extends in a westerly direction toward the yards of the Western Tube Company, a manufacturing concern. Before reaching those yards, it divides into two switch tracks, each of which crosses Walnut street in said city, and enters said yards through gates in a high board fence. The most southerly of these switch tracks again divides into two tracks inside said yards, and these again each divide into three tracks. At the point where the most southerly of the two tracks leaves Walnut street and enters said yards, the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. GilbertIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. EggmannIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- East St. Louis Connecting Railway Co. v. EggmannAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
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