Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Monaghan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. W. H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
This is an action on the case brought by the appellee, as administrator of Joseph Monaghan, deceased, against the appellant company, to recover damages for the death of the deceased, caused by a collision on September 3, 1890, between a freight train on appellant’s road and a wagon which deceased was driving, at a point where a public highway crossed said road. Verdict and judgment in the trial court were in favor of the plaintiff, and the judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.
The declaration avers among other things, that, at the time and place of the accident, freight cars were…
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