Chmielewicz v. Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the City Court of Chicago Heights; the Hon. Homer Abbott, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kavanagh
A little after one o’clock on the afternoon of September 23, 1908, Albert Pawlus, a Polish laborer, who was then about thirty-five years of age, was struck and killed by the cars belonging to appellant on what is known as Seventeenth street in the city of Chicago Heights. After a verdict against appellant for five thousand dollars in the court below, appellee remitted one thousand dollars, and from a judgment for four thousand dollars appellant comes to this court, alleging many errors on the trial below.
The Bailroad Company claims first, that deceased was a trespasser; that the right of way…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Zearing v. RaberIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Illinois Central Railroad v. HammerIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Earll v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- City of Sullivan v. TichenorIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Fairbury Union Agricultural Board v. HollyIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
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