Neering v. Illinois Central Railroad

Mr. Presiding Justice Burke

delivered the opinion

of the court.

In a complaint filed in the circuit court of Cook county Agnes Neering asked for damages because of injuries suffered on September 6, 1938, as a result of being assaulted, beaten, raped and robbed while she was awaiting the arrival of a suburban train at the River-dale Station of the Illinois Central Railroad. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in a verdict in her favor for $5,000. The court overruled defendant’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, and entered judgment on the verdict, to…