Hecker v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of DuPage county; the Hon. L. C. Ruth, Judge, presiding. ' This is a writ of error to review the judgment of the Appellate Court for the Second District, reversing, without remanding, a judgment for $5000 rendered in favor of the plaintiff in error, against the defendant in error, in an action on the case for a personal injury.
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Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of DuPage county; the Hon. L. C. Ruth, Judge, presiding. ' This is a writ of error to review the judgment of the Appellate Court for the Second District, reversing, without remanding, a judgment for $5000 rendered in favor of the plaintiff in error, against the defendant in error, in an action on the case for a personal injury. The Appellate Court in its judgment found, from the evidence, that the defendant was not guilty of the negligence charged in the declaration. The only…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The injury of plaintiff in error occurred in Chicago, where Halsted street is crossed by the railroad tracks of the defendant in error and the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. A train of the latter company ran over and cut off the arm of the plaintiff in error, who alleges that she was placed in a dangerous position and lost her arm by the negligence of the defendant in error. The third count sets out an ordinance of the city of Chicago limiting the rate of speed of passenger trains to ten miles an hour, but districting the city, and providing that within the first district a greater rate…
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