Atchison, T. & S. F. R. R. v. Bump
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
This action of the plaintiff below was based upon the alleged negligence of the defendant below in allowing a car it had delivered to the McCormick Company, for which the plaintiff below worked, to be out of order, by reason of. which condition of such car, he, while working for said McCormick Company, was injured.
So far as appears, the only relation of plaintiff in error to this car was that it had switched it into the yards of the McCormick Company, and delivered it to said company.
Plaintiff in error appears to have merely acted as a carrier or transporter of said car. Tinder these…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sawyer v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BarslowAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
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- White v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1903