Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Enright
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Appellate Court for.the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charres A. Bishop, Judge, presiding.
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Appear from the Appellate Court for.the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charres A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county against appellant, in favor of appellee, for $6000. Appellee was employed by the Chicago Junction Railway Company as fireman on one of its switch engines, and at the time of his injury he was working nights. The Chicago Junction Railwaj? Company was operating a railroad at the stock yards in the city of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
It is first contended by appellant that neither the declaration as originally filed nor as first amended stated a cause of action; that the first time a cause of action was stated was when the amended declaration was filed, December 3, 1904, and as this was more than two years after the cause of action accrued, the court erred in sustaining a demurrer to the plea of the Statute of Limitations. The principal argument of appellant upon this question is, not that the declaration, either in its original form or as first amended, did not sufficiently charge appellant with negligence, but that it…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. ClausenIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. FennimoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- McAndrews v. Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Mackey v. Northern Milling Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Pennsylvania Co. v. McCaffreyIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
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