Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Pillsbury
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from *the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah MoEoberts, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by Nathaniel J. Pillsbury, in the iivingston county circuit court, against the Chicago and Alton Eailroad Company, to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received in consequence of the negligent or wrongful ■conduct of defendant.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from *the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah MoEoberts, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by Nathaniel J. Pillsbury, in the iivingston county circuit court, against the Chicago and Alton Eailroad Company, to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received in consequence of the negligent or wrongful ■conduct of defendant. The several counts of the declaration, although somewhat different in form of expression, are, in substance, the same, and the statement of the contents of any…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Under the facts as they must have been found, from the evidence, by the trial and Appellate courts, it is a question of law what duty defendant owed to plaintiff and other passengers on the train at the time the injury was inflicted upon plaintiff, and whether any liability rested upon defendant. Upon these questions the trial court instructed the jury, it was the duty of defendant, as a common carrier of passengers, “to exercise the utmost care, skill and vigilance to carry plaintiff safely, and to protect him against any and all danger, from whatever source arising, so far as the same…
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