Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Hewitt
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. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
This is an action on the case, begun in the superior court of Cook county by appellee, against appellants, to recover for a personal injury alleged to have been caused through their negligence. It is alleged in the declaration that plaintiff was employed as a switchman in the Chicago yards of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, and that while engaged in the performance of his duty as such, in • attempting to couple cars, his hand was crushed because of a defect in the appliance attached to the cars to be used for making such coupling, which appliance the…
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