Belt Railway Co. v. Confrey
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ball
Appellant claims that evidence relating to the grab-iron was a variance from the declaration. The additional counts allege that the “ draw-bar and appliances and devices necessary and used for and in aid of coupling (on this car) were in a dangerous, defective and unsafe condition,” and that by reason of the divergence of the draw-bar and by reason of the negligence of the defendants in permitting said car to be and remain in said defective condition, appellee was injured. This allegation is broad enough to let in evidence describing the grab-iron and its use, if any, in coupling cars.
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