O'Rourke v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Gallatin county; the Hon. William H. Green, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
The ruling of the court in sustaining the demurrer to plaintiff in error’s declaration is the only error complained of in this case.
The declaration, which is of many counts and great length, in substance charges that plaintiff in error’s intestate was, while in a drunken condition, received by defendant in error as a passenger on its train at East St. Louis, to be transported to Shawneetown. That his intoxicated condition was apparent and known to defendant in error’s servants at the time he was so received as a passenger. That his state of intoxication increased after he was aboard the train…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Burke v. Chicago & Northwestern R. R. Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1903
3Cited by4 opinions
- Fagan v. . Atlantic Coast Line R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Panor v. Northwestern Elevated RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1923
- O'Rourke v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915
- Daniel v. Chicago Transit AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 2020