Sells v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honoee, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goodwin
The appellants seek to reverse a judgment in favor of appellee for $7,000, recovered under a declaration which set out substantially the following allegation; The Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, defendant, was operating an interstate railroad, and engaged in interstate commerce; plaintiff was employed by it as a stationary engineer engaged in interstate commerce on behalf of the defendant; the latter owned and operated a coal chute adjoining its tracks, used for the purpose of loading with coal locomotive engines engaged in interstate commerce; in connection with the coal chute it…
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