Illinois Central Railroad v. Modglin

This was case, in the Union circuit court, wherein Stephen Modglin, plaintiff, declared against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, defendants, that, while he was using a handcar of the defendants, and in their employment on their railroad, they, hy their agents and servants, so negligently and carelessly ran and operated a construction train on the same road, the plaintiff, himself using due and proper care, as to materially injure him, and for which he claimed five thous- and dollars damages. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict rendered against the defendants for two thousand and…