Hayes v. Illinois Terminal Railroad

dehvered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Robert W. Hayes, sued the IHinois Terminal Railroad Company and Granite City Steel Company in separate actions. These cases were consolidated. The railroad company then filed a third-party action against the steel company. A jury trial was held in the Circuit Court of Madison County. During the trial plaintiffs suit was disposed of by his giving the railroad a covenant not to sue. On the third-party complaint the jury found in favor of the railroad against the steel company, but also in answer to a special interrogator found the railroad company…