Savage v. Illinois Central Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. C. B. Campbell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
On June 21, 1909, Mrs. Ella I. Clark was on her way from Iroquois, Illinois, to Otia, Michigan, accompanied by her three children by a former husband, Frank Pugh, aged nearly eight years, Russell Pugh, aged five and a half years, and Ella Pugh, aged about four years. At Kankakee Mrs. Clark left the Big Four train on which she had been riding, and changed, with her cihldren, to an Illinois Central train for Chicago. There was no smoking car on this Illinois Central train and the passenger coach in which she found seats for herself and her three children was next to the baggage car. The train…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. FisherIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Quinn v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- Peoria & Rock Island Railroad v. LaneIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. NewellIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Hickey v. Boston & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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