Davis v. Michigan Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of Chicago Heights; the Hon. Charles H. Bowles, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed a judgment of the city court of Chicago Heights for $5000 in favor of defendant in error in a suit for personal injuries received by him while in the employ of plaintiff in error, the Michigan Central Railroad Company. A writ of certiorari was granted and the judgment is sought to be reviewed on errors assigned.
The case was submitted to the jury on the second and third counts of the declaration, which charged a violation of the Federal Safety Appliance act, charging that plaintiff in error permitted to be hauled upon its tracks certain cars…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. WagnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co. v. WagnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Chicago, M. & P. S. Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1912
3Cited by6 opinions
- Howard v. Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1945
- La France v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1961
- Taylor v. Alton & Eastern RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1930
- St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Weekly v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1925
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