Western Brewery Co. v. Meredith
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for Personal Injuries.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Alonzo S. Wilderman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1896.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Green
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Appellee, who was a brakeman at the time he was injured, brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries averred to have resulted from appellant’s negligence. He recovered $3,000 damages, for which sum and costs judgme-nt was entered, to reverse which appellant took this appeal.
The averments charging negligence were substantially as follows: That plaintiff was a brakeman in the employ of the L. E. & St. L. Consolidated B. R. Co., and in the necessary performance of his duty, was on top of a moving box car, then being…
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