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Wall v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1902PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Writ op Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin

This suit was begun by plaintiff in error to recover damages for occasioning the death of her intestate, as it is alleged, by reason of the negligence of the defendant in error. To a second amended declaration containing twelve counts, filed on January 5, 1900, the court sustained a general demurrer, and plaintiff having elected to stand by her declaration as amended, and judgment for costs having been rendered against her, she appealed to the Appellate Court for the First District, where the judgment below was affirmed, and the case is brought to this court upon writ of error.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gunton v. HughesIllinois Supreme Court · 1899

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Ware v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1919
  2. State Ex Rel. Stasciewicz v. ParksCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1925
  3. Peterson v. Manhattan Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Heimberger v. Elliot Frog & Switch Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Tillinghast v. ReedSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1944

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