Kinnare v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for personal injuries. In the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George F. Blanks, Judge, presiding. Verdict for the defendant by direction of the court; appeal by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
Charles Wistrand, deceased, was, when struck and killed by a moving car in the car yard of appellees, a car washer and cleaner employed by the appellee, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, and performed his work in said company’s passenger car yard extending from Harrison street to Polk street, in the city of Chicago. He had worked there in that capacity for three or four years.
The car yard was a block wide and contained a great many tracks and switches upon which the passenger trains of both appellees were made up, and through which all trains entering or leaving the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. HessionsIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad v. HartIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Austin v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Chicago & North-Western Railway Co. v. KaneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893