Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hamler
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright
On January 18, 1902, Anderson Hamler, the appellee, was a porter in the employ of the Pullman company in a sleeping car attached to a passenger train of appellant running in a westerly direction in the State of Iowa. As the train passed through a station called Victor the engine exploded. The engineer and fireman were killed and the Pullman sleeping car in which appellee was at work was thrown on its side and he was injured. He brought this suit in the circuit court of Cook county to recover .damages for his injuries, and alleged in each count of his declaration that he was employed by the…
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