Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Dukeman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. James' W. Craig, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume
This is an action on the case by appellee, as administrator of the estate of Cynthia Dukeman, deceased, against appellant, to recover damages for negligently causing the death of his intestate. There was a verdict and judgment in the Circuit Court of Coles County against appellant for $1,650.
On October 25, 1905, the deceased, Cynthia Duke-man, and George Dukeman, her husband, aged respectively, sixty-five and seventy-two years, were riding in a top buggy, to which was hitched a team of mules. Their course was northward on “E” street in the city of Charleston. When théy reached the railroad…
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