Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Dillon
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
On the 20th of November, 1882, John M. Dillon, the appellee, in attempting to cross the railway tracks of the National Stock Yards, in or near East St. Louis, at their intersection with Avenue F, received a serious, permanent injury, caused by the vehicle in which he was riding being struck by a passing locomotive engine, owned and operated by the Chicago and Alton Eailroad Company. The horse he was driving was killed outright, the wagon shattered to pieces, and Dillon himself was thrown a considerable distance, with such force as to cause a serious rupture, partially disabling him for life,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hopkins v. Indianapolis & St. Louis RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. RundellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
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