Shenk v. Scandrett

Mr. Presiding Justice Burke

delivered the opinion of the court.

Lillian M. Shenk, administratrix of the estate of Roy L. Shenk, deceased, and Caroline Masimer, administratrix of the estate of William C. Masimer, deceased, filed their complaint in the circuit court of Cook county, alleging that the defendants, common carriers in interstate commerce, had possession and control of and maintained a bridge, or viaduct, in Route No. 45, otherwise known as Mannheim Road, over and across certain tracks of the defendants at the Village of Franklin Park; that on October 19, 1937, plaintiff’s intestate…