Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1943No. 26697. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gunn
In February, 1939, an amended complaint was filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen against appellant, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, alleging that the latter had failed to supply and service its caboose cars with drinking water and ice in sanitary, practical and suitable containers, and also failed to furnish and supply sanitary and suitable drinking cups in the operation of its trains in the State of Illinois, and as the result of such failure the lives, health, safety and comfort of trainmen and switchmen riding in such cabooses were…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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