Legal Opinion

Illinois Central Railroad v. Prickett

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1904PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. W. M. Farmer, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

A judgment in the sum of $4000 in favor of the appellee administratrix, entered in the circuit court of Marion county, against the appellant company, was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Fourth District on appeal, and this judgment is before us for review by the further • appeal of the appellant company.

Thomas J. Prickett, appellee’s intestate, was a locomotive engineer in the employ of the appellant company. On the morning of the 17th day of May, 1900, he left Centralia, g'oing south, on locomotive engine No. 915, which was drawing a passenger train. When approaching" the station at…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Illinois Central Railroad v. NowickiIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. GundersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. West Chicago Street Railway Co. v. FishmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  5. St. Clair County Benevolent Society v. FietsamIllinois Supreme Court · 1881

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. United Protective Workers v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
  2. Muranyi v. Turn Verein Frisch-AufAppellate Court of Illinois · 1999
  3. Keel v. ComptonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
  4. United Protective Workers Of America, Local No. 2 v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
  5. Findley v. Coal & Coke Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1913

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