County of Madison v. Haskell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for services rendered. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jersey County; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Pleasants
delivered the opinion of the Court.
About nine o’clock in the forenoon of January 21, 1893, a passenger train of the C., C., C. & St. L. R. R. Co., ran into an open switch, striking some Height cars standing on it at Wann station, which is in Woodriver township, adjoining that of Alton, and within a few miles of the city. Among the freight cars Avere several carrying tanks of coal oil and gasoline. By the collision the engineer was killed, some passengers injured and some cars, both freight and passenger, set on fire. The accident drew a crowd of people from…
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