Taylor v. Alton & Eastern Railroad

Appellant prosecutes this appeal from, a judgment rendered against it in the circuit court of Madison county for the alleged wrongful death of appellee’s intestate.

The first count of the declaration charged appellant with general negligence in the operation of its train; the second, that the trainmen failed to give warning of the approach of the train and that it had insufficient headlights; the third charged a statutory violation in that appellant’s train did not have a lighted headlight on its engine; the fourth charged failure to ring a bell or whistle as provided by statute, and the fifth…