Swisher v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee county; the Hon. John C. Carver, Judge, presiding. This is an action by appellant, against appellee, to recover damages for personal injury.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee county; the Hon. John C. Carver, Judge, presiding. This is an action by appellant, against appellee, to recover damages for personal injury. The original declaration was amended, andas amended contained two counts, which, in effect, aver the plaintiff, while in the service of the defendant, was a locomotive fireman, and while he and his engineer were in the exercise of reasonable care and caution he was injured at the station of Sublette on the third day of May, 1892, by a…
1DissentJustice Magruder
This is an action on the case, brought by the appellant against the appellee company to recover for injuries received by him on May 3,1892, at the village of Sublette in Lee county.
The original amended declaration contained two counts. The first count alleged that the plaintiff was injured on said day on account of a collision between a passenger train going south, upon which' he was acting as fireman, and a freight train of the appellee company, heading north and standing on the east side-track at the station in the village of Sublette; that the passenger train ran through an open switch;…
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