Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Driscoll

This is an appeal to review the action of the Appellate Court for the First District in affirming a judgment for $5000, recovered in an action on the case brought by the appellee, as administratrix, against the appellant, in the circuit court of Cook county, for damages alleged to have been sustained by her by reason of the death of her husband. The case was before this court at a former term, (176 Ill. 330,) when a judgmént in favor of -plaintiff for a like amount was reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial. • .

It appears from the evidence that appellant had two switching crews…