Illinois Central R. R. Co. v. Behrens
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the Case,—Personal injury. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Washington County; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1901,
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was an action on the case in the Circuit Court of Washington County, by appellee against appellant, to recover for a personal injury. Trial by jury. .Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $6,000.
The declaration in this case consists of two counts. The first charges that appellant was possessed of and using a certain locomotive engine which was attached to a passenger train under the management and control of appellant’s servants; that it was the duty of appellant to use a reasonably safe locomotive engine and to keep the same in reasonably safe repair; that appellant disregarded…
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