Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Michie

This was an action on the case, brought to the Superior Court of Cook county, by Mary E. Michie, administratrix on the estate of her husband, Joseph B. Michie, plaintiff, and against the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, defendant, to recover damages for the death of her husband, occasioned, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendant, the deceased being a passenger on defendant’s train.

The cause was tried by a jury, and a verdict rendered for five thousand dollars, which the court refused to set aside, but rendered judgment on it, to reverse which the defendant appeals.

The declaration…