Meyer v. Illinois Central Railroad

This was an action on the case by appellant, against appellee, to recover for damages arising from an injury received by reason of a train on which he was firing" coming in collision with a train running in an opposite direction, on appellee’s road, causing appellant, to save himself, to jump from his engine and injure himself. His left foot and leg were run over by the cars and crushed, so that amputation became necessary. The accident occurred at or near the station of Lead Switch, in JoDaviess county, Illinois. The first count in the declaration, and the only one on which appellant claimed…