Bristow v. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad

Mr. Presiding Justice Philbrick

delivered the opinion of the conrt.

Plaintiff’s intestate received injuries in an accident on the line of appellee’s railroad near the city of Staunton, Macoupin county, Illinois. This action is brought in Macon county, Illinois, under the statute, which permits a railroad to be sued in any county through which it operates a line of railroad, or where it maintains an office or has an agent for the transaction of its business, and the summons in this case was served upon one Lloyd C. Bundy, as assistant ticket agent, and upon Clarence Hill, as ticket agent, for…