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Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Shacklet

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 31, 1883PublishedCited by 68 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District; —heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Charles T. Ware, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey

This is an appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, affirming a judgment of the City Court of East St. Louis, rendered at its August term, 1881, against the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Bailway Company, the appellant, for the sum of $3500, in an action brought by Eliza J. Shacklet, the appellee, as administratrix of Elijah E. Shack-let, her late husband, to recover damages for injuries received by him in a railway collision, resulting in his death, charged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant.

The injury complained of occurred in East St. Louis, on a short…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dolan v. . Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington R. R. v. Case's administratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1873

3Cited by68 opinions

  1. Little v. HackettSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Coney v. J. L. G. Industries, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Pullman Palace Car Co. v. LaackIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  5. Feneff v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907

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