St. Louis National Stock Yards v. Godfrey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District; — heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Silas Cook, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District; — heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Silas Cook, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, in the city court of East St. Louis, by August Godfrey, appellee, against the St. Louis National Stock Yards, appellant, to recover for a personal injury suffered by him in the switch yards of appellant December 30,1898. The declaration contained but one count, and charged, in substance, that the appellee was in the employ of the Baltimore.and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company as a locomotive…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Garter
The first contention of appellant is, that the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in its favor, on the ground alleged that the evidence did riot tend to prove that the plaintiff used ordinary care for his own safety, and because there was no evidence that he performed the duty required of him by the statute before attempting to pass the crossing. The statute referred to is section 12 of “An act in relation to fencing and operating railroads,” as amended June 19, 1885, (Hurd’s Stat. 1899, p. 1330,) viz.: “All trains running on any railroad in this State, when approaching a…
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