Woods v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

The appellee, Joseph Woods, recovered a judgment for $16,700 in an action on the case in the superior court of Cook county against the appellant, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received while working as a switchman for appellant at its Morton Park yards, near Chicago, on the night of December 10, 1917. The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment and granted a certificate of importance and an appeal to this court.

The original declaration contained five counts in substance the same, all based…