Watts v. Wabash Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Montgomery county; the Hon. Thomas M. Jett, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1920. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waggoner
delivered the opinion of the court.
William Watts on July 13, 1916, was riding in an automobile on a public highway going in an easterly direction upon and along the north boundary line of the City of Litchfield, Illinois, and while crossing a track of the Wabash Railway Company was struck by a northbound passenger train. He died the same day as a result of the injuries received.
This action was instituted by Matilda Watts, as administratrix of the. estate of the deceased, filing a praecipe and the clerk, issuing a summons on July 11, 1917, returnable to, the next…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. LawlorIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
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