Illinois Central Railroad v. Meyer

Me. Presiding Justice Lacbt

delivered the opinion of THE CoUET.

This was a suit in an action on the case by appellee against appellant to recover for damages arising from an injury receiver by the latter by reason of the train, on which he was fireman, colliding with another train running in the opposite direction on appellant’s road, causing appellee, to save himself, to jump from his engine and injure himself. His left foot and leg were run over by the cars and crushed so that amputation became necessary. The accident occurred at or near the station of Lead Switch, in Jo Daviess County,…