Legal Opinion

Chicago & E. I. R. R. v. Wallace

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 21, 1899Published

Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County;' the Hon. Bichard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1898.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard

This is an appeal from a judgment against appellant, recovered in an action on the case brought by appellee too recover for injuries to her person while she was a passenger upon appellant’s line of road.

It is alleged in the single count of the declaration that plaintiff (appellee) on a certain day became a passenger in a certain train on appellant’s railroad, to be carried, and accordingly was carried, from Chicago Heights to Englewood station in Chicago, for reward paid to the defendant; “ and it became and was the duty of said defendant upon arrival of said train at said Englewood, the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ayers v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  2. West Chicago Street Railroad v. CoitAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893
  3. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. CobleIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. BellIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Ward v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1895

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