Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Morrissey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from, the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. G. W. Patton, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from, the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. G. W. Patton, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by Michael M. Morrissey in the circuit court of McLean county, against the Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, to recover damages for a personal injury suffered by him while in the service of the company as a conductor of a freight train, and while attempting to couple, in the night time, two Empire Line cars at East Lynn, a small village on the line of the road. The declaration contains but one…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
Appellee, at the time of the injury, was thirty years of age, and was married. He had been railroading about twelve years, as brakeman, baggageman and conductor. He had worked on the Chicago and Alton road about eleven years. He commenced work for appellant on the sixth of April, 1897, as conductor of a gravel train, and he afterwards had a run between Rankin and Peoria. East Lynn is a regular station for receiving passengers and freight on the division east of Rankin. The night of August 14, 1897, when the accident occurred, appellee was sent east as conductor, in charge of the appellant’s…
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