Burling v. Illinois Central Railroad

Appellant, as administratrix of Wm. Burling, brought this action against the railroad company, for negligently running an engine and train on and killing her husband, whereby she has sustained damage.

It appeared that deceased was employed by the company as a fence builder, and that he lived at Kinmundy; that he was permitted to use one of the hand cars of the company on the railroad track, in going to and from his work, at his discretion; that on the morning of the 6th day of August, 1870, he, on the hand car, went up the road to his work, and sometime after nine o’clock of the night of that…