Great Western Railroad Co. of 1859 v. Haworth
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. Charles Emerson, Judge, presiding. These were actions on the case brought by the appellees, against the appellant, in the court below, for negligently and carelessly burning their warehouse, which was situated near the track of the appellant, and goods stored therein. The causes were tried by juries, who returned verdicts for the plaintiffs.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. Charles Emerson, Judge, presiding. These were actions on the case brought by the appellees, against the appellant, in the court below, for negligently and carelessly burning their warehouse, which was situated near the track of the appellant, and goods stored therein. The causes were tried by juries, who returned verdicts for the plaintiffs. Motions for new trials were made and overruled, and judgments entered upon the verdicts, whereupon the defendant brought the cases by writ of error to this court. The further facts in the cases…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
These two cases involve substantially the same questions, and will be considered as one. In one of them, Hamilton and James W. Haworth sued the Great Western Railroad company, in trespass on the case, for negligently and carelessly burning their warehouse, by the escape of fire from their locomotives. In the other case, the two Haworths and Allen Litzenberger brought a similar suit against the company for burning, in the same manner and at the same time, a large amount of personal property stored and situated in the warehouse. As negligence, it was averred in the declaration, that appellants…
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