Illinois Central Railroad v. Keegan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heg.rd in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. \ This is an action on the case brought by the appellee, against the appellant, in the superior court of Cook county, to recover damages for an alleged personal injury sustained by the appellee while on her way to take a train at appellant’s suburban station at Thirty-first street, in the city of Chicago,…
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heg.rd in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. \ This is an action on the case brought by the appellee, against the appellant, in the superior court of Cook county, to recover damages for an alleged personal injury sustained by the appellee while on her way to take a train at appellant’s suburban station at Thirty-first street, in the city of Chicago, by falling down a flight of stone steps which connected said suburban station with the adjoining street. The declaration…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The first contention of appellant is that the declaration fails to state a cause of action, in this: that it does not allege that the accumulation of snow and ice upon said steps was of such a character as to amount to an obstruction to travel; and it is said the averments in the declaration that said steps were covered with snow and ice, and were so slippery, by reason thereof, as to be dangerous to persons passing over- the same, show no breach of duty on the part of the appellant which it owed to the appellee; in other words, that it is not sufficient to aver that the steps were covered…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. GrushIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad v. StevensonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905
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