Legal Opinion

Rosenthal v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1912PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan comity; the Hon. T. M. Harris, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer

The executors of the last will and testament of Silas Rosenthal, deceased, recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Logan county against plaintiff in error in the. sum of $2500 for the death of Rosenthal, caused by being struck by a tender attached to plaintiff in error’s engine while crossing the railroad tracks over Pulaski street, in the city of Lincoln. On appeal to the Appellate Court for the Third District the judgment was affirmed. A writ of certiorari was issued by this court, and the case has been brought here for review.

The first count of the declaration charges plaintiff in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Krieger v. Aurora, Elgin & Chicago RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Village of Altamont v. BaltimoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Henry v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. PatchenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Deel v. United States Steel Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1969
  2. McDonell v. Lake Erie & Western Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1917
  3. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. ErvingtonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. Boss ex rel. Boss v. Illinois Central RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921
  5. Moore v. HinesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921

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