Legal Opinion
Eggers v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 4, 1957No. 12007PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PLATT, District Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing appellants’ complaint. In the complaint the appellants allege that on January 19, 1953 about 10 p. m. an automobile operated by Ralph O. Eggers, one of the appellants, struck the side of appellee’s 25 car train as it was crossing a highway near Cherry, Illinois. Eggers’ wife and two daughters were riding in the automobile. His wife was killed in the collision and the other occupants were injured. The suit is brought by the appellant Eggers individually, as administrator of his wife’s estate, and as next…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Langston v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1947
- Sweeney v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Moffat Tunnel Improvement Dist. v. Denver & S. L. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
- Coleman v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1936
- Fox v. Illinois Central RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Eggers v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul And Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957