Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Malaney
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1894.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
This is a suit brought by appellee, a locomotive engineer, for injuries received in a collision between a switch engine ivhich he was running as a servant of appellant, in the city of Joliet, and a car being pushed by another switch engine in charge of other servants of appellant employed at the same time and place, by which he lost a leg. There was a verdict for appellee for $5,000, on which judgment Avas entered against appellant.
The declaration contained two counts. The first charged negligence generally in the management of the switch engine which was pushing the car with which…
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