Jordan v. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Cbeighton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1912.'
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
Sarah E. Jordan brought suit against the St. Louis, Springfield and Peoria Eailroad Company to recover for personal injuries sustained by her while a passenger on a car of defendant. She recovered a verdict for seven hundred dollars on which judgment was rendered. The defendant appeals.
The declaration alleges that while plaintiff was a passenger riding from Chatham, a station on said railroad, to the City of Springfield, when the car approached the Woodside station, and the car was running at a high rate of speed, the conductor…
2Cited by1 opinion
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