Mullikin v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. W. B. Scholeield, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frost
Appellee’s intestate, Mrs. Mary Alexander, was instantly killed at a crossing of the railroad track of the appellant at Fourth street in the city of Champaign, July 28, 1909, by being struck by a train of appellant proceeding westerly. Mrs Alexander approached appellant’s track on Fourth street from, the north and was attempting to save the life of her infant son, aged two and one-half years, who was coming onto the track in front of the approaching train from the south, and who was also killed at the same time with his mother. Appellee recovered a judgment for Mrs. Alexander’s death in the…
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