Heater v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

September 27, 1905, appellee, Herbert Heater, then a boy thirteen years old, while walking across the tracks of the Chicago & Alton Eailroad Company, the appellant, was struck by an engine backing towards him. His right leg was cut off below the knee and he was otherwise seriously injured. About eight years later, after he became of legal age, he brought this suit to recover for that injury, and filed a declaration of four counts, each drawn on the theory that he was struck while upon a public street of the City of Joliet. The charges in different counts are negligence, in general terms, in…