Legal Opinion
Auschwitz v. Wabash Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 23, 1931No. 20678. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
Frederick A. Auschwitz recovered a judgment in the superior court of Cook county against the Wabash Railway Company for $20,000 in an action on the case for personal injuries received on November 13, 1926. The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment, and the record has been brought before us in answer to a writ of certiorari.
The declaration was in four counts. The court instructed the jury that there could be no recovery on the third count. No cross-error having been assigned, no question arises on that count.
The plaintiff was a locomotive engineer employed by the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miller v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Tuttle v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee RailwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Southern Pacific Co. v. BerkshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Duffy v. Mutual Benefit Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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- Fryer v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1933
- Spotts v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938
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