Illinois Central Railroad v. Cunningham
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit to recover for an alleged personal injury. From a judgment rendered in favor of appellee in the Circuit Court this appeal is prosecuted.
The declaration consists of a single count, alleging, in substance, that while appellee was with due care alighting from one of defendant’s passenger trains, at Randolph street station in Chicago, the defendant negligently caused the train to be suddenly and violently started, thereby throwing her upon the platform, causing serious and permanent injuries. The main questions in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. O'ConnorIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. RandolphIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- England v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Bradley v. PalmerIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. StrattonIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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