Devine v. Chicago & Calumet River Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. William H. McSurely, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
Plaintiff recovered a judgment of $10,000 for damages resulting from the death of plaintiff’s intestate, caused by injuries received while working for defendant as switchman. The case was submitted to a jury upon two counts of the declaration only, one of which charged a violation of the State railroad safety appliance act, and the other a violation of the Federal railroad safety appliance act—in that the defendant used upon its railroad in moving traffic a locomotive engine equipped with an automatic coupler in such inoperative condition that it could not be uncoupled from the side of the…
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