East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. v. Zink
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. R. D. W. Horder, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirming a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair county for $6000, recovered by appellee in an action on the case against appellant for personal injuries.
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Appear from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. R. D. W. Horder, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirming a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair county for $6000, recovered by appellee in an action on the case against appellant for personal injuries. Suit was brought by appellee at the April term, 1904, against appellant and the East St. Louis Railway Company upon a declaration containing nine counts, which was afterward, on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The evidence in this case not only tends to show, but clearly establishes, that appellee was a passenger of appellant, and that he was waiting at the oil shed, by direction of the conductor of the car upon which he had been riding, for the purpose of taking another car upon which passengers were carried, with the authority or sanction of the appellant, from East St. Louis to Belleville, and that the oil shed in question, with like sanction and authority, was used as a passenger station, and that appellant was guilty of the negligence charged in the eighth count.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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