Legal Opinion

Deakin v. Illinois Central Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 8, 1906PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Action on the case for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Champaign County; the Hon. Solon Philbriok, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1905.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Putkrbaugh

This is an action in case, by Alice Deakin, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, to recover for personal injuries. The first count of the declaration, as amended, avers, in substance, that defendant on January 2, 1905, operated a railroad through the incorporated village of Thomasboro; that .on the west side of its right of way there was a traveled road which had been used by the public for more than twenty years; that east of the said right of way, Main street, the principal street of said village, approached said right of way at right angles, and that from the end of the sidewalk…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Illinois Central Railroad v. EicherIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. MurowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Illinois Central Railroad v. HammerIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. ClarkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. BatesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915

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