Kilmartin v. Chicago, B. & Q. Ry. Co.

Plaintiff, while riding as a passenger in a car of defendant, had her legs scalded below the knees, by steam from a bursting steam-heating pipe beside the seat occupied by her, and thus suffered the injuries for which she seeks to recover damages. No complaint is made as to the sufficiency of the evidence, nor the correctness of the instructions under which the jury found negligence on the part of the defendant resulting in plaintiff’s injuries; but' defendant pleaded a settlement, which the plaintiff sought to impeach by allegation and proof that such settlement was procured by false and…