Legal Opinion

Lamarre v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 9, 1920No. Gen. No. 6,728PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. A. W. De Selm, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1919.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Heard

At Kankakee the Illinois Central Eailroad runs north and south and the Kankakee & Seneca Eailroad, which is a part of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Bailway, commonly called the “Big Four,” runs east and west. A “ Y” turns oil from the Illinois Central tracks some distance north of the crossing of .the roads and runs to the southeast on a curve until it joins the Kankakee & Seneca east of the crossing. The Kankakee & Seneca tracks are laid in Cypress street, one of the public streets of the City of Kankakee. After coming around the Y, Big Four trains from the north run east on…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Freeman v. United Fruit Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  2. Pienta v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1918
  3. North Chicago Electric Railway Co. v. PeuserIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  4. McCune v. ReynoldsIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  5. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R. v. ManlyIllinois Supreme Court · 1871

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Grinestaff v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1929
  2. Burns v. Chicago & Alton RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921
  3. Streeter v. HumrichouseAppellate Court of Illinois · 1931
  4. Bartolucci v. FalletiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1942
  5. McCrotty v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1923

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