Crane v. Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad

This was an action on the case commenced in the superior court of Cook county by the appellant to recover damages for the death of his intestate, William Frank, against appellee, as the owner and lessor of the Chicago and Western Indiana railroad, which railroad runs through the village of Burnham, in Cook county, and in which village William Frank resided with his father, Frederick Frank.

It appears from the evidence that on the evening of January 3, 1904, Frederick Frank and his sons, Robert and William, who were of the respective ages of ten and twelve years, were riding in a milk wagon…