Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania Railroad v. Connell

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 25, 1889PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kibe Hawes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

This was an action brought by William J.

Connell, against the Pennsylvania Eailroad Company, to recover damages for an alleged assault and expulsion from one of defendant’s trains at Taconey, Pennsylvania, on the 16th day of December, 1880. On the first trial of the cause the plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for $15,000. The judgment, on the appeal of the defendant, was reversed in this court October 31, 1884, and the cause was remanded for another trial. (See Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. Connell, 112 Ill. 295.) After the cause was remanded, another trial was had,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pennsylvania Railroad v. ConnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Gillespie v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
  2. Chancey v. WhinnerySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  3. Marsh v. Van Allen MarshCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1926
  4. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  5. Stanley v. Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1903

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