Legal Opinion

Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Allender

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 1, 1895PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clay County; the Hon. Edmond D. Youngblood, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1895.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

We have set forth in the foregoing statement the acts of negligence charged and relied on to maintain this suit, and they may be summarized thus: Misstating the time and thus misleading plaintiff as to the time when the train would arrive at the station and depart for Olney, thereby causing him to be absent from the depot when the train arrived; next, in suffering and permitting the door of the express car to be closed and shut against him, although he demanded of defendant to open same; next, that notwithstanding defendant knew plaintiff was unable to get the door of said car open, and was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. MichieIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. CaseyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1882

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Barnett v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  2. Damico v. Wash., B. A.R. Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1930
  3. Elliott v. Illinois Central RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1943
  4. Damico v. Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930

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