Illinois Central Railroad v. Cole
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895. Remarks of counsel complained, of: “ There is only one question, gentlemen, before you—only one, and that is the amount of damages that the plaintiff ought to have.
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Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895. Remarks of counsel complained, of: “ There is only one question, gentlemen, before you—only one, and that is the amount of damages that the plaintiff ought to have. During the trial, counsel for defendant said in open court, in your hearing, that they admitted the negligence of the defendant in causing this injury. They conceded that they were to blame, and not the plaintiff. If the plaintiff is to blame so that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
This is an action on the case to recover damages for a personal injury.
On December 31, 1891, the appellee, aged forty-one years, was in the service of the Michigan Central Railroad Company as a locomotive engineer. On the night in question he was operating a Michigan Central engine, pulling a train of cars loaded with express matter, between Chicago and Michigan City, Indiana. This train was running over the tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, and somewhere in the neighborhood of the town of Pullman, in Cook county, appellee’s engine collided with a freight train belonging to the…
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