Huff v. Peoria & Eastern Railway Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Püterbaügh

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action on the case by appellant against the P. & E. Ry. Co., the owner, and the C., C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co., thp lessee and operator, of a railroad running through the city of Champaign. The amended declaration charges, in substance, that while appellant’s intestate was a passenger upon a train of cars operated by said lessee railway company, the car in which he was riding, through the negligent failure of said company to properly maintain its track and operate its said train, was thrown from said track and…