Illinois Central R. R. Co. v. Oswald

This cause is here on certiorari to review the record of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirming a judgment of the city court of East St. Louis in favor of defendant in error, Mattie Oswald, against plaintiff in error, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, for $5000 damages in an action for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her by reason of negligence of plaintiff in error.

Near the east end of the Free Bridge, which connects St. Louis and East St. Louis, plaintiff in error has several tracks which pass under the bridge. Between ten and eleven o’clock at night…