Illinois Central Railroad v. Becker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County; the Hon. Warren W. Duncan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was an action in case, in the Circuit Court of Jack;son county, by appellee against appellant, to recover for a personal injury sustained by appellee while a passenger on one of appellant’s trains. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $5,000.
Appellee, the plaintiff, is an infant and commenced and ^prosecuted his suit by his next friend. The case set up in the .declaration is in substance, that appellee was a passenger, .for hire, .on one of appellant’s trains, from Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri, to Makanda, Illinois, and was in the exorcise of due care and…
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