Allendorf v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.

8 Ill.2d 164 (1956)

133 N.E.2d 288

RUTH ELAINE ALLENDORF, Admx., Appellee,

v.

ELGIN, JOLIET AND EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

No. 33394.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1956.

STEVENSON, CONAGHAN, VELDE & HACKBERT, of Chicago, (HARLAN L. HACKBERT, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM H. DEPARCQ and ROBERT J. MARTINEAU, of Chicago, (CHARLES ALAN WRIGHT, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

James Allendorf, an Indiana resident, was killed on March 3, 1952, while performing his duties as switch foreman in the defendant's railroad yards at Gary, Indiana. Thereafter, his wife,…