Wabash Railroad v. Bhymer
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. A. H. ChETlain, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Ricks
delivered the opinion of the court:
Appellee recovered a judgment in the superior court of Cook county against the appellant for $8600 for personal injuries received by appellee while employed as a fireman on one of appellant’s freight trains. The Appellate Court affirmed that judgment, and the present appeal is prosecuted from the judgment of affirmance.
A brief statement of the facts will lead to a better understanding of the matters herein passed upon:
Early in the morning of December 9, 1899, a freight train known as No. 3-64, north-bound, left Marley, a station on…
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