Chicago & Alton R. R. v. Myers
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on tlie Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. John H. Moffett, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
2Per curiam
This suit was brought by appellee to recover damages for the loss of both feet while in the service of appellant as bralceman on a freight train. He recovered a judgment against appellant for $10,000.
The evidence in the record discloses that on the night of November 25, 1897, which was a dark and rainy night, appellee arrived at Joliet on one of the appellant’s freight trains, performing the service of head brakeman. Some switching was to be done in the yards of the place, and • appellee was to couple and uncouple cars in transferring them from one track to another and then turn the…
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