Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. v. Burton
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of McDonough County; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1892, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pleasants
This was an action on the case for injury to the person and to a horse and wagon of appellee, sustained by their collision with a freight train of appellant on the crossing by its track of West Jackson street in the city of Macomb, about half-past three o’clock in the afternoon of January 14,1892.
The street runs due east and west, and the railroad track a little north of east and south of west. It was a cold, clear afternoon. Appellee was driving west and going to his home, about five miles from the city. The last house on Jackson street, between him and the track, was about 320 feet east of…
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