Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Robb
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County; the Hon. Jacob Fouke, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtWall, J.
This was an action by the administrator of Albert A. Kenney, deceased, against the railway company, to recover damages for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. The judgment was for the plaintiff for 85,000.
The deceased, Kenney, was an engineer on a regular train and was killed in a collision caused by the negligence of Large, the engineer of the other train, which was a special or “ wild ” train. Large was ordered to take the wild train from Springfield to Pana. The order given him by the train dispatcher was—Run to Pana avoiding regular train.” In violation of this order he left…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chicago & Northwestern Railroad v. MorandaIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
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