Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Gore

The Appellate Court for the Third District affirmed the judgment in favor of the appellee, entered in the Macoupin circuit court, in the sum of §5304, in an action on the case against the appellant company to recover for personal injuries inflicted, as the declaration alleged, through the negligence of the servants of the company. This is an appeal to reverse the judgment of affirmance.

In September, 1899, the appellee desired to go from Chicago to Carlinville on the appellant’s railroad. The State Fair was then in progress in Springfield and the appellant company was selling tickets at…