Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Coggins
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought in the superior court of Cook county on October 20, 1899, by Dominick Coggins, appellee, against the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company and the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company, the appellants, to recover for personal injuries received by Coggins from being struck by a locomotive attached to a train of cars and belonging to and operated by the first above…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Appellants first contend that under their twelfth instruction, which was given to the jury, the court conditioned the right of plaintiff to recover herein upon the existence of the relation of carrier and passenger between the parties, thus limiting the issues to be decided by the jury; that there is no evidence in the record tending to show such relation, and for that reason the judgment should be reversed. Appellee, having obtained leave, filed in this court a certified copy of appellants’ brief and argument in the Appellate Court. It appears therefrom that this point was not made in that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. JohnsenIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. GundersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Chapman v. CawreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. v. GundersonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898