Halbert v. Wabash Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Chabi.es T. Moobe, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this case the court below sustained a general and special demurrer to the declaration, and appellant who filed the same, having elected to stand by it, judgment was rendered against him in bar of the action and for costs.
The question presented to us is whether the declaration stated a good cause of action. Each of the four counts of the declaration, stated that appellee, the Wabash Railroad Company, on October 22,1906, and for a long time prior thereto, in the city of Venice, in Madison county, Illinois, owned, used and…
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