Legal Opinion

Chicago & Alton Railway Co. v. Bell

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1904PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene county; the Hon. O. P. Thompson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

The Appellate Court affirmed a judgment recovered by appellee in the circuit court of Greene county against appellant for damages on account of a personal injury sustained while in its employ.

The defendant demurred to the declaration, and its demurrer being overruled it filed a plea of the general issue. The first point made by counsel is, that the demurrer should have been sustained and that the court erred in overruling it. This alleged error is not contained in the assignment of errors upon the record and could not be considered if it were an error, but the defendant having pleaded to the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Indianapolis Bloomington & Western R. R. v. FlaniganIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  2. United States Rolling Stock Co. v. WilderIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. GillisonIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Barnes v. BrookmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. BellIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Village of Montgomery v. RobertsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Sullivan v. Corn Products Refining Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Aldrich v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Baker v. FrittsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
  5. Chicago Union Traction Co. v. LowenrosenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905

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