Surinak v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.

Appellee, Josephine Surinak, administratrix of the estate of Joseph Surinak, deceased, obtained a judgment for $5,000 in the circuit court of Will county against appellant, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company, for the death of her intestate, and this appeal followed.

Surinak was a section man employed by appellant in its yards in the City of Joliet. On June 10, 1922, he was struck by a gasoline car or speeder, one of his legs was injured and he died on July 18, 1922. The accident occurred about 200 feet north of Jackson street. Jackson street extended east and west and crosses the tracks…