Eckels v. Boylan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Under the showing of those facts alone in this case which are undisputed, it seems to us to require a great refinement of reasoning to argue that there was no negligence on the part of the train crew having in charge the car on which the appellee was riding.
The plaintiff was guilty of no contributory negligence, but was quietly sitting in the car of appellants in which he had taken a passage for which he had paid. The appellants owed him the very highest care consistent with the practicaMe operation of their road. So much is conceded by the appellants, in claiming that which is not denied,…
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