Cotton v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

14 Ill.2d 144 (1958)

152 N.E.2d 385

PAUL L. COTTON, Appellee,

v.

LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

No. 34699.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 21, 1958.

Rehearing denied June 18, 1958.

WALKER & WILLIAMS, of East St. Louis, and BALTZ & GUYMON, of Belleville, (H.W. WILLEN, of Louisville, Kentucky, RALPH D. WALKER, and EDWARD G. MAAG, both of East St. Louis, of counsel,) for appellant.

DAN McGLYNN, and McGLYNN & McGLYNN, both of East St. Louis, (EDWARD J. MURPHY, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

On August 20, 1955, plaintiff, a resident of Kentucky, was injured…