Wabash Western Railway Co. v. Friedman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—■ heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. S. P. McConnell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action brought by Oscar J. Friedman, against the Wabash Western Railway Company, to recover damages for a personal injury received on the first day of May, 1888, while plaintiff was a passenger on the defendant’s line of road running from Moberly, Missouri, to Ottumwa, Iowa. The following map shows the line of defendant’s road. The accident which resulted in the injury complained of occurred in the State of Missouri, between Kirksville and Glenwood Junction, two stations indicated on the map:
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