Illinois Central Railroad v. Hobbs
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on 1he Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Effingham County; the Hon. Edmund D. Young-blood, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1894.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sample
The basis of this action is a personal injury which is alleged to have occurred as follows: “ That plaintiff, while in the exercise of due care and caution, in attempting to board a passenger train of defendant at Edgewood, for the purpose of being carried, as a passenger, to Mason, another station, for a certain reward, by reason of the defendant’s neglect to provide a safe and suitable platform, or other means of boarding trains at Edgewood, and not from any fault or neglect upon his part, slipped, and his foot gave way, and while holding with his hands to the railing and supports on the…
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