St. Louis, C. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. Waggoner
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Error to the City Court of Alton; the Hon. Silas Cook, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was an action in case, by defendant in error against plaintiff in error, to recover damages for personal injury, Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of defendant in error for $600.
Defendant in error was in the employ of plaintiff in error as night telegraph operator at Lock Haven, and for his services was paid $40 per month, and was given transportation over plaintiff in error’s railroad, to and from the place of his work. He resided in Upper Alton and traveled daily on plaintiff in error’s passenger train between Alton and Lock Haven. On the evening of February 25, 1898, while…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hoge v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Carpenter v. . Boston and Albany R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Snow v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Sargent v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. SimmsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
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