Illinois Central Railroad v. Beebe
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Death from negligent act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pleasants
Action on the case by appellee against appellant, for alleged negligence in causing the death of her intestate. The jury found the issue for plaintiff, assessing her damages at $5,000. A new trial was denied, judgment rendered on the verdict and this appeal taken.
Deceased shipped a car load of horses and household goods at Webster City, Iowa, for Lebanon, Indiana, via Dun-lei th, Freeport, La Salle and Wenona, Illinois, on a through freight train of appellant for Chicago, which left between seven and eight o’clock in the morning of April 15, 1894. At Freeport, where it arrived some time after…
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