Illinois Central Railroad v. Goodwin

This case is similar in all respects to the case of the Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Phelps, decided at the November term, 1862, of this court for the First Grand Division. The testimony is in all respects the same in both cases, and that case must decide this, as on a review of it, we can see nothing to alter.

As in that case, so in this, it was shown that the place where the accident occurred was within the town plat of the town of Carbondale, where the company were under no obligations to erect and maintain a fence. It does not appear that the train was running at an unusual or improper…