Illinois Central Railroad v. McMillion

Appellee sued appellant to recover for personal injuries received while attempting to cross one of appellant’s tracks to get on a freight train at Manteno. Appellee obtained a verdict for $10,000; the court required a remittitur of $2,500, which was consented to by appellee, and judgment rendered for $7,500. Appellant appeals the case to this court, and insists the Circuit Court should have directed a verdict in its favor.

The declaration consists of five counts, and alleges in legal form in the different counts, that plaintiff sought to become a passenger for hire upon a passenger train of…