Chicago & Alton R. R. v. Fell

Opinion pee Cubiam.

Appellee recovered a judgment in the sum of $7,000, as damages for personal injuries received by being struck by an engine while she was attempting to cross the track of the company’s railroad on Washington street in Bloomingr ton.

This is an appeal from the judgment.

While the point is the subject of much conflicting testimony, yet we incline to the opinion we ought to accept the verdict of the jury as decisive of the charge that the engineer and fireman in charge of the engine at the time were guilty of negligence which contributed to the appellee’s injury. But we are…