Casey v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. W. Tuo~IPsoN, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment on a directed verdict for the defendants in an action for wrongfully causing the death of plaintiff's intestate. One of the defendant corporations constructed and the other operated a railroad, the tracks of which near Seventy-ninth street in Chicago ran nearly north and south. A suburban passenger train was going north on the east track, the locomotive running with the tender in front. When the fireman, whose seat was on the east side of the locomotive, first saw deceased he was about two hundred feet north of the locomotive and six feet…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chicago Union Traction Co. v. BrowdyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad v. KotoskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Martin v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1901
- McFarland v. DeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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