Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Dumser
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On Sunday, July 22, 1894, Charles F. Dumser went to St. Louis on an excursion train of appellant, from Broad-well, Illinois. The train was run from Bloomington, Illinois, and was to return on the evening of the same day. In the evening he got on the train at St. Louis to return, but could not get further than the platform on account of the crowded condition of the cars, and in passing through a tunnel he was probably overcome by the gases, smoke and vapor, and was thrown or fell off, and injured so that he died soon after. Appellee brought this suit as his widow, by virtue of a statute of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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