Chicago & Alton Railway Co. v. Walters

Appellee recovered a judgment in the circuit court of McLean county against appellant for $4000 damages for the loss of a hand while coupling cars as a brakeman. The Appellate Court for the Third District affirmed the judgment.

Appellant complains of alleged erroneous rulings of the trial court on the admission of evidence, the refusal to direct a verdict of not guilty at the close of all the evidence, the giving of instructions requested by appellee and the refusal of instructions asked by appellant.

The grounds of liability alleged in the declaration were, first, that the defendant, being…