Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Keegan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stein
delivered the opinion of the court.-
Appellee recovered judgment against appellants for personal injuries received by him from the engine of a train which ran into him on appellants’ tracks at the Forty-fifth street crossing in Chicago on February 22, 1900, at about 6 p. m. The street runs east and west; the tracks north and south. Appellee was going west, and the train which injured him was going south. East of the tracks were crossing gates which when lowered indicated the approach of trains.
The .declaration is in three counts. The first charges a failure to ring the bell or blow a whistle;…
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