Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Anderson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. Jacob Fouke, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. Jacob Fouke, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate' Court affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Macoupin county, wherein Randolph T. Anderson, administrator of the estate of Randolph Anderson, deceased, recovered a judgment of §4600 against the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company in a certain action in which it was alleged that the death of plaintiff’s intestate was caused by the negligence of the servants of the…
1Per curiam
It is claimed in the argument that the court erred in giving plaintiff’s instruction No. 2, which was as follows:
“The court instructs the jury, that if they believe, from the evidence in this case, that the servants of the defendant discovered the slack car, by which the deceased was killed, in motion, and discovered that a collision was probable, in time to have stopped their train and prevented such collision by the exercise of proper precautions and reasonable care and diligence, and if the jury believe, from the evidence, that the defendant’s servants did not use such precautions and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Williams v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
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