Maguire v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.

Plaintiff brought suit in trespass on the case under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Cahill’s St. ch. 114, ft 321 et seq., in the superior court of Cook county, to recover damages for injuries sustained by him while an employee of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, commonly known as the Big Four, because of the alleged negligence of the defendant, Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company. The case was tried before the court and a jury resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $18,000.

Suit was originally commenced against the Cleveland,…