Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Thomson
Appellate Court of Illinois
, Action on the case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Emery C. Graves, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1906.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
Robert C. Thomson was a section man on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway and was killed while on duty September 8, 1904, by a fast mail train running upon said railway. The administratrix of his estate brought this suit to recover for the benefit of his next of kin, damages on account of his death. The first count of the declaration charged that said train was negligently run at a great rate of speed without due care for the safety of employes of defendant, and, that by reason of such careless operation defendant struck and…
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