Bauer v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.

Robert Bauer procured a judgment against the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company for $952 for three cows which had been killed by a train of the defendant on a private railroad crossing of the defendant. The defendant entered a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and in the alternative for a new trial. These motions were denied by the court and an appeal has been perfected to this court to reverse the judgment.

On August 26, 1949, the defendant owned and operated a railroad that passed through Kane county, Illinois. The plaintiff owned a one hundred and thirty-acre dairy farm…