Cleary v. Illinois Central Railroad

Mr. Presiding Justice Jones

delivered the opinion of the court.

The circuit court of Winnebago county entered a judgment on a directed verdict in favor of the defendant in error. The declaration contained appropriate counts charging that the plaintiff was riding on a freight train in defendant’s railroad yards near the City of La Salle; that the trainmen in charge of the operation of trains had, for a long time prior to the date of the accident to plaintiff, permitted boys of his size and age to board and ride trains and cars within said yards; that there was a general custom existing among…