Chicago & Alton Ry. Co. v. Hatfield
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the City Court of Alton; the Hon. Alexander W. Hope, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Myers
The declaration in this case contains three counts. The first charges that the defendant, on the 11th day of January, 1902, in the city of Alton, county of Madison, and State of Illinois, was possessed of and operating a railroad, running through a part of said city and county, and within a few feet of the passenger depot of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, in said city; that it was also possessed of and using certain tracks, diverging from its aforesaid track near said depot, all of said tracks being in a populous portion of the city, and running over a crossing then used…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of Chicago v. KeefeIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Mt. Olive & Staunton Coal Co. v. RademacherIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Central Railway Co. v. BannisterIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
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