Chicago & Alton R. R. v. Vipond
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle County; the Hon. Harvey M. Trimble, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901. Mr. Justice Brown dissenting.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
The branch of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company’s lines running from Peoria to Dwight, and the main line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company cross each other in the City of Streator. For convenience those roads will hereinafter be called the Alton and the Santa Fe, respectively. A short distance southwesterly from the Alton, and parallel with it, another railroad, called “ The Three I,” crosses the Santa Fe. The general direction of the Alton and Three I roads at the crossing is northwest and southeast, and of…
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