Chicago & Joliet Electric Railway Co. v. Herbert

Mr. Presiding Justice Farmer

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee sued appellant for personal injuries received while a passenger on appellant’s electric railway between Lockport and Joliet. Between the two cities appellant’s railway runs north and south and crosses a switch track of the Chicago & Alton Railroad running east and west. Late at night, somewhere near midnight, as the car was going from Lockport to Joliet, -at considerable speed, it collided with a switch engine on the Chicago & Alton track that ivas backing out of the yards and pulling a number of freight cars. The results…