Goodman v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
January 12, 1926, Frederick E. Goodman, married, about 50 years of age, while driving his automobile across the railroad tracks of the defendant, was struck by a passenger train and killed. The administratrix brought suit and upon trial had á verdict for $6,500. From the judgment thereon, defendant appeals. For convenience, Goodman hereafter will be called plaintiff.
The declaration charged in three counts, respectively, that defendant owned and operated the railroad in question and that it negligently failed to provide and maintain a flagman at the railroad crossing at the time of the…
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