Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Swan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon, Francis Adams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellee was baggageman in the service of the appellant on a passenger train, and was injured by what “ for the sake of argument ” the brief of the appellant concedes was the negligence of the engineer on the locomotive of that train.
The first point relied upon by the appellant is that the declaration is bad, as it shows that the baggageman was injured by the negligence of the engineer of the same train-, both of them in the service of the appellant, and does not aver that they were not fellow-servants; citing Joliet Steel Co. v. Shields, 134 Ill. 209, and E. St. L. C. Ry. v. Dwyer, 41…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Chicago & Northwestern Railroad v. MorandaIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Libby, McNeill & Libby v. SchermanIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Abend v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Joliet Steel Co. v. ShieldsIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- North Chicago Rolling Mill Co. v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Andrzejewski v. HillAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911
- World's Columbian Exposition v. BellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
- Illinois Steel Co. v. CoffeyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903
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