Pennsylvania Co. v. Marshall
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding. The declaration in this case consisted of three counts, in substance as follows: First count—For that the defendant, in the lifetime of said James Marshall, to-wit, on the 27th of March, 1881, in the county aforesaid, was possessed, using and operating a certain railroad and a certain locomotive and cars, which were then and there under the management of certain servants of the defendant, who were then and there driving the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cbaig
This was an action brought by Henry Marshall, administrator, against the Pennsylvania Company, to recover damages on account of the death of his son, James Marshall, who was run over by the company’s train of cars on the 27th day of March, 1881, at the corner of Grove and Eighteenth streets, in the city of Chicago.' The plaintiff based his right of recovery on the negligent management of the train by the servants of the defendant, and on a trial before a jury he recovered a judgment for $2000, which, on appeal, was affirmed in the Appellate Court.
On this appeal, the only question relied upon…
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