Pennsylvania Co. v. Swan

Joseph E. Swan was injured by one of appellant’s passenger trains, at the crossing of its tracks at Forty-seventh street, in the town of Lake, in Cook county, on January 10, 1888. He died the 20th of March following, and this action was based on the theory that the injury was the cause of his death. Judgment being given for the plaintiffs, the defendant brings the record to this court.

One Booty, a witness called for appellees, was asked on redirect examination how fast he thought the train was going at the time of the collision, and answered, “ fifteen'or twenty miles an hour.” On his…