McCray v. Moweaqua Coal Mining & Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. Tbuman E. Ames, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Puterbaugh
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action in case for the recovery of damages alleged to have been occasioned by the death of Thomas McCray. A trial by jury resulted in a judgment in favor of appellee of $4,500.
The original declaration was filed on November 3, 1905, by Bobert McCray, administrator of the estate of Thomas McCray, deceased. It is therein charged that Thomas McCray left him surviving Ethel McCray, his widow, and Waneda McCray, his only child and next of kin, and that by reason of his death they had been deprived of their means of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. MurphyIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. LundahlIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Bradley v. Chicago-Virden Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Chicago General Railway Co. v. KrizAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
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- S.A. Healy Co. ex rel. National Underground Construction Co. v. Metropolitan Sanitary District (In re National Underground Construction Co.)District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984