Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. v. Beaver
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Death from negligence. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion County; the Hon. Ferdinand Bookwalter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Presiding Justice Burroughs
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee, as administratrix of the estate of Walter G. Beaver, brought an action on the case against appellant in the Circuit Court of Vermilion County to recover damages for causing the death of her intestate by the alleged negligence of the servants of appellant in operating one of its trains, so that it collided with him when he was attempting to pass over a street crossing in the corporate limits of the village of Grape Creek and was in the exercise of due care for his own safety.
The case was tried by jury and resulted in a…
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