Chicago & Alton R. R. v. Pearson

Appellee, as administrator of the estate of Ole B. Thompson, deceased, brought this action on the case against appellant to recover damages for the benefit of the next of kin of said deceased, alleged to have been sustained by them in consequence of the death of said Thompson, who was killed by one of appellant’s freight trains at a street crossing in the village of Odell, on October 25, 1896. This case was before us on a former appeal, when a judgment for $5,000 against appellant was reversed, for errors then appearing in the record, as set forth in our opinion, reported in 71 Ill. App. 622.…