Cunningham v. Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oE Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. W. E. Hadley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirmed a judgment of the circuit court of Madison county for $8000 on account of personal injuries suffered by the defendant in error, and the record has been brought before us by a writ of certiorari.
The defendant in error, Harry Cunningham, a boy eight years old, was run over on September 30, 1906, by a locomotive of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company drawing a passenger train over the track of the Illinois Central Railroad Company near the village of Glen Carbon, and in consequence his fight foot had to be amputated. He brought…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Plummer v. DillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Pauckner v. WakemIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. BodemerIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Illinois Central Railroad v. GodfreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Larmore v. . Crown Point Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
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- Sperry v. Wabash R.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1944
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