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McFadden v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 10, 1909No. Gen. No. 5,103PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. William H. Gest, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis

The Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, appellant, operates a railroad from Chicago, Illinois, westward through Kansas. On the evening of January 4, 1905, Florence McFadden, appellee, boarded a train of appellant as a passenger at Moline, Illinois, to go to Keats, Kansas. At McFarland, she changed cars to take a train that would stop at Keats. The one she boarded at McFarland consisted of an engine, a combination mail and baggage car, a chair car and two Pullman cars, named the Tampa and the Palm Beach, and did not stop at Keats, but did stop at Manhattan, a station some ten…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chicago City Railway Co. v. CarrollIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Peaslee v. GlassIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
  3. McNewis Executors v. RogersTennessee Supreme Court · 1850
  4. Galena & Chicago Union Railroad v. YarwoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
  5. Barnes v. Danville Street Railway & Right Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wisniewski v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  2. Piper v. GreenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1920
  3. Ferrier v. Chicago Railways Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1914

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