St. Louis National Stock Yards v. Burns
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case. — Death from negligent act. Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Silas Cook, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Creighton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action in case, in the City Court of East St. Louis, by appellee against appellant, to recover damages resulting from the death of William Burr, husband and intestate of appellee. Trial was by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $5,000.
The declaration charges, in substance, that appellant was conducting certain stock yards, and had in its use for that purpose divers railway tracks, locomotive engines, cars and trains; that appellee’s husband was in appellant’s employ as a switchman; that it was his…
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