Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Murphy
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Axel Ghytraus, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1900. Affirmed in case a remittitur is filed as suggested, otherwise reversed and remanded.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
These two appeals are prosecuted separately, from the same judgment, on the same record. The appellee brought suit against both appellants to recover damages for a personal injury suffered by him while a passenger on the cars of the appellant railroad company, through the alleged negligence of appellants.
The appellee was a passenger on a passenger train owned and operated by the appellant railroad company, traveling from Chicago to St. Louis. The appellant Bagiev was the proprietor of a stoneyard adjoining the railway company’s right of way, in the city of Chicago, and at the time of the…
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