Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Hines
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County; the I-Ion. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lacey
On the 17th October, 1890, the appellee was engaged in hauling coal from the cars of the appellant to the pottery yard of the Pottery Co., in Monmouth, Illinois. While so engaged in loading the coal, the car on which he was at work ivas struck by the locomotive attached to the fast mail train of appellant, striking the car before appellee was able to jump off. ■ The appellee was thrown up as high as the smoke stack, as he testified, and was seriously injured. The collision was caused by a misplaced switch, which ran the fast mail train into the coal car, with the result as stated. The…
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