Legal Opinion

Smith v. Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 22, 1913No. Gen. No. 18,326PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. J. J. Cooke, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown

The defendant in error in this case (plaintiff below) recovered a judgment for four hundred and fifty dollars against the plaintiff in error (the defendant below) in the Municipal Court of Chicago on January 30, 1912. The amount of the judgment was made up of three hundred and fifty dollars, which was the conceded v^clue of a bull belonging to the, plaintiff, and one hundred dollars attorney’s fees allowed for the prosecution of the case. This case was tried by the court without a jury.

The hull belonged to the plaintiff. It escaped from a farm adjoining the defendant’s right of way and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Illinois Central Railroad v. SwearingenIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. DickersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
  3. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. SaundersIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  4. Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Chicago & Alton Railway Co. v. BuckAppellate Court of Illinois · 1884

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pluym v. Illinois Central RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921

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