Richter v. Chicago & Erie Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Dowdall, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
Plaintiff Bichter, a brakeman in the service of the defendant, the Chicago & Erie Bailroad Company, brought this action to recover for the loss of his foot while uncoupling cars in a moving train. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for nineteen hundred and fifty dollars damages, from which the defendant appealed. The court gave the defendant sixty days from December 14, 1912, to file a bill of exceptions. The time for filing the bill under this order would ordinarily expire February 11th, and no bill of exceptions was signed or filed on or before that date. February 13th, over…
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