Riedel v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. R. M. Skinner, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. R. M. Skinner, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Second District affirming a judgment for $3500 recovered by Frank Riedel, appellee, against it in the circuit court of LaSalle county, in an action on the case for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him through the negligence of the appellant, by its servants, in switching certain cars at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
There is evidence in this record which indicates the following: Appellant, by a flying switch, propelled a cut of cars into the passageway between the buildings at a rate of twelve or fifteen miles per hour. It was then dusk and well nigh dark in that passageway. The cement mill was in operation, and its noise was such that the rumble of the approaching- cars could not be heard. There was no light on the cars. No warning was given, except that a man on the first car shouted when he saw that the car was apt to strike persons in the passageway, and it is not clear that the shouts were loud…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Belt Railway Co. v. SkszypczakIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Gleason v. CunninghamAppellate Court of Illinois · 1942