Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 6, 1937No. Gen. No. 39,525PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
September 7, 1934, plaintiff, while employed as a fireman on one of defendant’s locomotives, was injured in a. collision with another locomotive heading a train in the State of Kansas; he brought suit under the Federal Employers ’ Liability Act in the superior court of Cook county, Illinois, and upon trial had a verdict for $75,000; remittitur of $16,200 was made and judgment was entered against defendant for $58,800, from which it appeals.
A preliminary question relates to the venue and the effect of an in junctional order restraining plaintiff from prosecuting this suit in this county.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. BombolisSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Hoffman v. Missouri Ex Rel. ForakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Royal League v. KavanaghIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Jones v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1944
- James v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
- Rader v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- Powers v. BrowningAppellate Court of Illinois · 1954
- Liepelt v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
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