Illinois Central Railroad v. Harris
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County; the Hon. Joseph P. Robarts, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Sample
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellee was a brakeman in the employ of appellant, and while in the performance of his duty as such, on the 13th day of December, 1892, at Ashley, Illinois, his left hand was caught between the dead woods of two double buffer cars, as he was in the act of coupling them together, and crushed so that his hand and a part of his arm had to be amputated. He recovered a verdict of $8,000, which was sustained by the court.
A summary of the facts is, that the two cars referred to were foreign cars, having been on appellant’s road…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sack v. DoleseIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. AveryIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. BlackIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Joslyn v. DickersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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