James v. Illinois Central Railroad

This was an action on the case, brought by appellant against appellee, in the circuit court of Cook county, for personal injuries alleged to have been received on the 31st day of October, 1890. The place where the accident occurred was at a crossing at South Chicago between Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth streets. The declaration contained six counts. Three of them averred, with reference to the place where the injury was incurred, that appellant “was walking upon and along a certain tract of land with the defendant’s permission and invitation, then and long- prior used by the public in…