Legal Opinion

Bremer v. L. E. W. R. R. Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 18, 1925No. 16213. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The Appellate Court for the Third District affirmed a judgment of the circuit court of Vermilion county for $5000 against the Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company in favor of Louis J. Bremer, as administrator of the estate of Hilary Shircliff, and on the petition of the defendant the record has been brought here by a writ of certiorari for review.

The declaration on which the cause was submitted to the jury consisted of three counts, each charging that the engineer of a west-bound train of the defendant willfully, wantonly and recklessly ran his train past an order-board displaying a stop…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. BodemerIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. GodfreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Walldren Express & Van Co. v. KrugIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  4. McAndrews v. Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. BrooksIllinois Supreme Court · 1876

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. State v. ShumakeTexas Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Sorrell v. WhiteSupreme Court of Vermont · 1931
  3. Sinram v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  4. Connole v. East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1937
  5. Arrington v. TrammellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950

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