Hall v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action in case by which appellee seeks to recover from appellant damages for personal injuries sustained by him averred to have been caused through the negligence of its servants while he was in its employ. The jury returned a verdict finding appellant guilty and assessing appellee’s damages at two thousand five hundred dollars. From a judgment rendered on that verdict this appeal is prosecuted.

The declaration consists of several counts. One count avers, in substance,, that the appellee was an employee of appellant…