Wheeler v. Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Homer Abbott, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action on the case in the superior court of Cook county by appellee, George W. Wheeler, plaintiff in the court below, against the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company and the Belt Railway Company of Chicago, defendants in the court below, appellants here, to recover damages for injuries sustained on August 12, 1907, while employed as a locomotive engineer operating an engine in and about certain construction work for the Belt Railway Company in the city of Chicago. The declaration contained four counts. In the first two counts it was charged that defendants violated their…
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- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. HeereyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. MaresSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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