Barker v. Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;■—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The appellee recovered a judgment against appellant for personal injuries, which the Appellate Court affirmed. Appellant has brought the record to this court for review.
The appellee was a postal clerk in the United States railway mail service, running between Peoria and Springfield over appellant’s railroad. His injuries were received while he was attending to his duties in the mail car attached to the appellant’s train, and were caused by a collision between that train and two coal cars which had run out upon appellant’s main track from a switch connecting such track with an adjoining coal…
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