Illinois Central Railway Co. v. Solinsky

These two suits were brought in the Circuit Court of Shelby County to recover damages sustained by the plaintiffs (we will designate the parties as plaintiff and defendant according to their status in the court below) while passengers on the defendant’s train near Mounds, Illinois, on August 6, 1928.

Plaintiff Alvan Solinsky in his declaration sues for $100,000 damages and avers that on August. 6, 1928, while he was a passenger on defendant’s train going from Memphis to St. Louis, the defendant carelessly and. negligently caused the train on which plaintiff was riding, to collide with another…