Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Jenkins
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Wabash county; the Hon. S. Z. Landes, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Charles Jenkins, against appellant, in the circuit court of Wabash county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Wabash county; the Hon. S. Z. Landes, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Charles Jenkins, against appellant, in the circuit court of Wabash county. The declaration charges that the plaintiff has been a faithful employee of the defendant for ten years as a conductor on one of the freight trains on the line of its railroad running from Cairo to Danville, Illinois; that he was discharged about November, 1893, without cause, and although, by the regulations…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The gravamen of the declaration in this case is, that the plaintiff was discharged and refused a clearance card or letter to which he was entitled, without which he could not obtain employment on any other road, and that he failed to obtain such employment, whereby he suffered damages. The declaration avers a cause of action on the case arising out of a contract. It avers a contractual relation, out of which, as alleged, arose the duty, when such contractual relation was severed, to give a letter or clearance card for the purpose stated. Unless the law imposes on appellant, in some form, the…
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