Illinois Central R. R. v. Gilbert
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for damages. Death from negligent act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1898, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
Charles F. Gilbert was employed by appellant to work at its repair shops at 27th street, Chicago. It was his duty to obey the orders of the foreman at that place. Upon the day he was killed, he was engaged in rolling car wheels across the six tracks of the company at that point. A severe storm was blowing from the northwest, the snow flying so thick that one could see but a little ways, such a morning that one instinctively, if not necessarily, turns his face away from the storm, to avoid being blinded by it. The deceased had assisted in rolling car wheels across the-tracks which ran north…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Chicago v. MajorIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. ShannonIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. v. AustinIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. PayneIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. DowdIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
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- Illinois Central Railroad v. BeckerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905