Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Walsh
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum. —Action for personal injuries. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Declaration in case; plea of not guilty; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion op the Court.
From, a judgment recovered by the appellee for injuries received by him by being run over by a freight train at the crossing of Chicago avenue by the railroad tracks of appellant, this appeal is prosecuted.
The accident occurred at about a quarter before six o’clock on the morning of December 20, 1890, which was more'than one and a half hours before sunrise, and the weather was misty and foggy. The permanent injuries to the appellee, about which there can be no mistake, are the loss of his left arm from a little above the elbow, and the…
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